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The FX-64 Lives! (AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+)
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Test Setup
Test Setup
With the Athlon 64 FX-62 being its direct predecessor, the new X2 6000+ will be closely compared against it. In fact, the performance is identical to our previously previewed FX-64, which we derived by overclocking the FX-62. The X2 6000+ is essentially this and nothing more. As depicted on the comparison table earlier, the speedier Conroe processors will be the main competitive environment which the X2 6000+ has to stand up against if it is to be a hit with AMD enthusiasts.
The following testbed configurations will be used throughout our comprehensive benchmarking segment:-
Intel dual-core Core 2 Configuration
- Intel Desktop Board D975XBX (Intel 975X Express chipset)
- Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800, Core 2 Duo E6700, E6600 and E6400
- 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS DDR2-800 memory modules (CAS 4. 4-4-12)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB SATA hard disk drive (one single NTFS partition)
- MSI GeForce 7900 GT 256MB - with NVIDIA Detonator XP 84.21
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2
- AcBel 400W Power Supply Unit
- Default Intel CPU cooler
AMD dual-core Athlon 64 Configuration
- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe (nForce 590 SLI chipset)
- AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+
- 2 x 512MB Corsair DDR2-800 memory modules (CAS 4, 4-4-12)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB SATA hard disk drive (one single NTFS partition)
- MSI GeForce 7900 GT 256MB - with NVIDIA Detonator XP 84.21
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2
- AcBel 400W Power Supply Unit
- Default AMD CPU cooler
Benchmarks
The following benchmarks were used in this review:-
- BAPCo SYSmark 2004
- SPEC CPU2000 v1.3
- Lightwave 3D 7.5
- Futuremark PCMark 2005
- SPECviewperf 8.01
- Cinebench 2003
- XMpeg 5.0.3 (DivX 6.2.5 encoding)
- Futuremark 3DMark06
- Unreal Tournament 2004
- AquaMark3
- Quake 4 ver.1.20
- F.E.A.R.
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