Author: Slater Wold
Date: 07:05:33 05/28/02
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On May 28, 2002 at 08:26:16, Aaron Gordon wrote: >Slate. I was only 'hostile' due to poor testing methods. When you start >comparing things that aren't comparable (for example, P4-SSE2 FPU vs AthlonXP >straight fpu, no SSE/3DNow) then you are providing deceiving results. Would it >be fair for me to compare a K6-2/300MHz's FPU using 3DNow! to a Pentium3 500 w/o >SSE? For you.. maybe. I would never do such a thing however. It misleads people >who don't know any better and is downright bad testing. The same goes for >Quake3. You and I both know a Tbird 800MHz on a good board providing proper >memory bandwidth can get more fps than 139. The same thing goes for >encoding/decoding. Without a good motherboard the CPU or anything else can't do >much good unless the benchmark/test is 100% cpu biased. Encoding/decoding gets a >nice boost from faster memory. Whats bad about it is the 'good' boards I am >talking about are only $80-100. Why not grab one and retest? I can call you and >tell how what to setup in the bios, which via 4in1's to use, which detonator >drivers to use & etc. Then you will see a monster come alive.. #1.) I am using the best dual board out there. The Asus AMD Dual board. There is NOT a better motherboard (for duals). Period. (In the BIOS, I have the ability to disable 1 CPU, which I did for these tests.) #2.) I am using some of the best memory money can buy. Samsung PC2100 registered sticks. #3.) I was using ALL the updated drivers for EVERYTHING. From the chipset to the damn USB driver. I spent almost 3 hours alone downloading all the newest drivers for both computers. #4.) The BIOS settings on the AMD are just as you have described. The settings in this test were PERFECT Aaron. I am not asking you to believe me, but I am telling you, IT IS SO. I made sure MYSELF. Go to Tom's Hardware, or Anand, and compare my Sandra results to theirs for an AMD 1.73Ghz. Mine are actually faster. Come on man, I am not an idiot. These systems were setup fine. The 139 fps for the AMD surprised me too, it's a shame the GF4 wouldn't work in the P4, I get a 2x+ result with it using the AMD. But XP didn't want anything to do with it, so I was forced to use the GF1.
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