System setup and notes
Here's a quick rundown of the test system should you wish to compare benchmark results with your own.| CPU | AMD Sempron 2800+ | AMD Sempron 3100+ | AMD Athlon 64 3400+ CH | Intel Celeron D 335 | Intel Pentium 4 2.80E Prescott |
| Clock speed | 2.0GHz (12x166MHz FSB) | 1.8GHz (1.6GHz HT) | 2.2GHz (2GHz HT) | 2.8GHz (21x133MHz FSB) | 2.8GHz (14x200MHz FSB) |
| Motherboard | ASUS A7N8X-VM | EPoX 8HDA3+ | EPoX 8HDA3+ | DFI LANPARTY 865PE | DFI LANPARTY 865PE |
| Motherboard chipset | nForce2 | VIA K8T800 | VIA K8T800 | Intel i865PE | Intel i865PE |
| Chipset drivers | ForceWare 4.27 | VIA Hyperion 4.51 | VIA Hyperion 4.51 | Intel 5.01.1012 | Intel 5.01.1012 |
| RAM | 1GB Corsair TwinX 3200LL | < | < | < | < |
| RAM speed and timings | 2-6-2-3 DDR333 DC | 2-6-2-3 DDR400 SC | 2-6-2-3 DDR400 SC | 2-6-2-3 DDR333 DC | 2-6-2-3 DDR400 DC |
| Hard drive | 160GB WD1600JB PATA | < | < | < | < |
| Graphics card | GeForce 6800 GT (61.77) | < | < | < | < |
Software
Windows XP Professional w/SP1
Pifast v41 to 10m places
LAME v3.92 MP3 encoding with Razor-Lame 1.15 front-end using U2's Pop album (607MB)
Gordian Knot - XviD encoding test using first vob of Sleepy Hollow. 1433kbit/s bitrate
Kribi Bench 1.1
ScienceMark 2.0
Realstorm Raytracing benchmark 320x180x32
3DMark 2001SE v330
UT2003 Retail (Build 2225)- HEXUS Custom Low-Detail test
Doom 3
Comanche 4 benchmark
Call of Duty - HEXUS Custom test
Notes
CPU-Z fans can see the trio's outputs, here. I've added in a Clawhammer-based (1MB L2 cache) AMD Athlon 64 and Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz Prescott processors for some interesting comparisons. There were no problems to report during installation or benchmarking. Benchmarks were run 3 times. The highest and lowest results were discarded. On to the benchmarks.
