Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: amd, phenom, athlon
Categories: Hardware
Test Set-up And Components Used
Operating system: Windows Vista Enterprise
Unlike all previous charts, we have now changed the operating system. All benchmarks tests carried out by Tom’s Hardware in the future will be carried out on Windows Vista Enterprise. The Enterprise Version is only designed for use within companies, but produces the same results as Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate. We are, however, have to use the Enterprise Version as this is the only one with an Open License. This allows us to automatically activate Windows Vista for each modified test platform without needing to telephone the Microsoft activation hotline.
Windows Vista Enterprise
Hardware configuration
We have completely revised the hardware components, such as graphics card, sound card and hard drives, in order to provide current and realistic test platforms.
Hardware used
| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| AMD Platform AM2+ (AMD 790FX) | Gigabyte GA-790FX-DQ6 (Rev.1.0) AMD 790FX, BIOS: F3 |
| AMD Platform AM2 (Nvidia Nforce 5) | Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe, Rev.1.03G NVIDIA nForce5, BIOS: 1001 (03/13/2007) |
| Intel Platform S775 (Intel P35) | Gigabyte P35C-DS3R, Rev. 1.0 Intel P35, BIOS: F2o (05/11/2007) |
| Intel Platform S775 (Intel X38) | Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6, Rev. 1.0 Intel X38, BIOS: F4 (09/19/2007) |
| Memory | 2x 1GB A-Data DDR2-1066+ Vitesta Extreme Edition |
| DVD-ROM | Samsung SH-D163A , SATA150 |
| Graphics Card | Foxconn Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX GPU: 575 MHz Shader: 1350 MHz Memory: 786 MB DDR4 (900 MHz, 384 Bit) |
| Sound Card | Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer |
| Power Supply | Enermax EGA1000EWL ATX 2.2, 1000 W |
Graphics card: Foxconn Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX
RAM: A-Data Vitesta 1066+
Sound card: Creative x-Fi Gamer
Hard drive: Western Digital Caviar SE 320 AAJS
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Page 12: Doesn't that diagram show the Core2 as being slower, not the AMD?
Cartwheel?
Is that like Spider, but in a pen?
^lol
And Page 12 is certainly borked - you guys were looking at the results wrong!
And you should have emphasized the X3s encoding-power-for-cheap more. Yeah, it's good for office and media/HD, but you can happily stick a G2 4000+ into a 780G board for much the same effect at a much lower cost, owing to the chipset's unholy knack for HD-crunching