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AMD ATHLON XP 3000 REVIEW
"AMD Athlon XP 3000 tested against the Athlon XP 2500 as requested by a reader. Software used for benchmarking the processors was:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Sis Sandra 2004, Aida32, Serious Sam the Second Encounter, Unreal Tournament 2003 and Unreal Tournament 2004."
| PROCESSOR TYPE |
TYPE |
CLOCK SPEED |
L2 CACHE |
BUS SPEED |
PRICE |
| ATHLON XP 3000 |
BARTON |
2.1Ghz |
512K |
400Mhz |
$158 (£106) |
| ATHLON XP 2500 |
BARTON |
1.83Ghz |
512K |
333Mhz |
$75 (£56) |
| PROCESSOR TYPE |
TYPE |
CLOCK SPEED |
L2 CACHE |
BUS SPEED |
PRICE |
GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION
| PROCESSOR |
AMD ATHLON XP 3000 |
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AMD ATHLON XP 2500 |
| VIDEO CARD |
MSI GEFORCE FX 5900 XT VTD128 |
| NVIDIA DRIVER |
FORCEWARE v56.64 |
| MOTHERBOARD |
ASROCK K7S8XE+ SIS748 |
| MEMORY |
512MB CRUCIAL PC3200 DDR |
| OPERATING SYSTEM |
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 1 |
| DIRECTX VERSION |
v9.0B |
"The Athlon XP 3000 has a 13% increase in clock speed and a 17% increase in bus speed over the Athlon XP 2500. We are seeking atleast a 10% increase in performance which we think is a fair target!"
SISOFTWARE SANDRA 2004
PROCESSOR - ALU DHRYSTONE
 | 8008 |
 | 7006 |
PROCESSOR - FPU WHETSTONE
| 3312 |
| 2890 |
ATHLON XP 3000 ATHLON XP 2500 |
COMMENT - "Using SiSoftware Sandra 2004 Processor Speed test the Athlon XP 3000 is 13% faster than the Athlon XP 2500."
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SISOFTWARE SANDRA 2004
MEMORY BANDWIDTH - INTEGER
| 2860 |
| 2412 |
MEMORY BANDWIDTH - FLOATING POINT
| 2630 |
| 2263 |
ATHLON XP 3000 ATHLON XP 2500 |
COMMENT - "Using SiSoftware Sandra 2004 Memory Bandwidth test the Athlon XP 3000 when used with PC3200 memory is 16% faster than the Athlon XP 2500 using PC2700 memory."
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3DMARK BENCHMARKS
| 13533 |
| 12608 |
| 4979 |
| 4835 |
ATHLON XP 3000 ATHLON XP 2500
COMMENT - "Using 3DMARK 2001 the XP 3000 delivered only a 7% increase in performance over the XP 2500 which is 3% less than our 10%. 3DMARK 2003 is a video card benchmark so the 3% increase in performance was expected because cpu power isn't as important as video card power." |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
3DMARK 2001 SE
1024x768 Resolution
32Bit color
D3D Hardware T&L
Antialiasing Disabled
Double Frame Buffer
Compressed Texture Format
24Bit Z-Buffer Depth
3DMARK 2003
1024x768 Resolution
No Pixel Processing
Optimal Texture Filtering
4x Max Anisotropy
Optimal Vertex Shaders
No Repeat Tests
No Fixed Framerate
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SERIOUS SAM SE
| 98 |
| 91 |
| 124 |
| 116 |
| 126 |
| 121 |
ATHLON XP 3000 ATHLON XP 2500 |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
Fullscreen Enabled
Extreme Quality Settings
Large Texture Size
Optimal Texture Quality
Detail Textures Enabled
COMMENT - "The XP3000 managed a 4% to 8% increase in performance depending on which demo was used, it appears that some of the Serious Sam demos are more video card than cpu limited."
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CONCLUSION - "The biggest performance increase upgrading from a Athlon XP 2500 to a Athlon XP 3000 was 12%, let's compare that to the difference in cost. When upgrading to a XP 3000 in the US you will pay 53% more and in the UK you will pay 48% more. The XP 3000 doesn't sound like such a good buy does it for such a small performance increase you will be paying approx five times more. DISCLAIMER - We only tested both cpu's in one motherboard, results might be different if used with a different motherboard or video card."
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