Athlon Xp Confuse Customers

[3RA1N1AC]

the problem with benchmark tests is that they are predictions of how processors will handle real-world applications... and they're not necessarily accurate predictions. a chip can score well on a benchmark test that's designed to use certain things the chip does well... and the same chip can still completely suck at running a whole variety of popular programs.

the best you can do is run the processor through a sample of bench tests and popular programs, and get a rough estimate of how it performs.

[Keikan]

Intel is gonna have a model number? like what Intel Pentium 4 Model 5?

[4th gen]

The only thing I'm confused about with my Athlon is just how much it kicks Intel's ass?

[RGX]

Bleh. The public want to easily differentiate between processor power by a basic number, i.e. Ghz, and assume more is better, which is just not the case. If anything, intel is confusing PC customers by putting high Ghz ratings on slower chips.

[3RA1N1AC]

Originally posted by RGX@4 April 2004 - 15:47
Bleh. The public want to easily differentiate between processor power by a basic number, i.e. Ghz, and assume more is better, which is just not the case. If anything, intel is confusing PC customers by putting high Ghz ratings on slower chips.

"All New! More Circles Per Second, Less Work Per Cycle!"

[Dray_04]

speaking of AMD athlons

what is the difference between the standard 2500+ and the overclocked 2500+ @ 3200 because ive OC and i cant see any difference...

sure, iv dont a few benchmarks (3d mark, aquamark etc) but i dont see a big enough difference to see why it costs a hell of alot more that the 2500+

or does the standard 3200+ perform better than OC 2500 @ 3200

[3RA1N1AC]

it might depend on which tests you run. some tests are much more dependent on the graphics card than on the CPU, and they won't show much of a difference.

i think 3DMark 2003 is very much limited by the graphics card, but 3D Mark 2001 will prolly show improved scores with an overclocked CPU. regarding games that you might wanna use as tests, i think Quake 3 is more dependent on the graphics card, while Unreal Tournament and games using the Unreal engine are greatly affected by the CPU speed.

Sisoft Sandra should also be worth trying.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Yeah, run sisoft sandras CPU multimedia benchmark.

My score went up a TON from the 2500 to the 3200.

Aquamark3 will also show more of an improvment due to better CPUs.

[Cygnuz-Y]

[DWk]

Rofl.... better without HT than with it?

Lmao talk about confusion