AMD SEMPRON 2800 REVIEW

"AMD Sempron 2800 review testing the AMD Sempron 2800 against the AMD Athlon XP 3200 and AMD Athlon XP 2500 processors. Software used was, 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Glexcess, Sisoftware Sandra 2004, Doom3, Unreal Tournament 2004, Comanche4, Desert Rats vs Arrika Korps, Far Cry, Painkiller, Unreal 2 and X2 the Threat."

The AMD Sempron™ processor performs at the top of its class when running the home and business applications that you need most. The AMD Sempron™ processor’s full-featured capabilities can include HyperTransport™ technology, up to 512k total high-performance cache, advanced 333Mhz front-side bus, 3DNow! Professional technology, and an integrated DDR memory controller. The AMD Sempron™ processor provides the productivity enhancing performance you need for your everyday applications. It runs over 60,000 of the world’s most popular applications, so you can enjoy solid performance. With 35 years of design and manufacturing experience and shipments of more than 240 million PC processors, you can count on AMD to provide reliable solutions for your home or business.

PROCESSOR TYPE	TYPE	MULTIPLIER	CLOCK SPEED	L1 CACHE	L2 CACHE	BUS SPEED	PRICE
SEMPRON 2800	THOROUGHBRED B	12	2.0Ghz	128K	256K	333Mhz	$110 (£76)
ATHLON XP 3200	BARTON	11	2.2Ghz	128K	512K	400Mhz	$129 (£106)
ATHLON XP 2500	BARTON	11	1.8Ghz	128K	512K	333Mhz	$63 (£51)
PROCESSOR TYPE	TYPE	MULTIPLIER	CLOCK SPEED	L1 CACHE	L2 CACHE	BUS SPEED	PRICE

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD SEMPRON 2800
	AMD ATHLON XP 3200
	AMD ATHLON XP 2500
VIDEO CARD	MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
NVIDIA DRIVER	FORCEWARE v61.77
MOTHERBOARD	ASROCK K7S8XE+
MEMORY	2x512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
DIRECTX VERSION	v9.0c

SISOFTWARE SANDRA 2004

PROCESSOR - ALU DHRYSTONE

	8435
	7631
	7015

PROCESSOR - FPU WHETSTONE

	3469
	3152
	2888

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 2800 ATHLON XP 2500

COMMENT - "The AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 10% and the Sempron 2800 beats the Athlon XP 2500 by 9%."

SISOFTWARE SANDRA 2004

MULTI-MEDIA - INTEGER

	20200
	18314
	16814

MULTI-MEDIA - FLOATING POINT

	20757
	18830
	17286

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 2800 ATHLON XP 2500

COMMENT - "The AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 10% and the Sempron 2800 beats the Athlon XP 2500 by 9%."

3D BENCHMARKS

3DMARK 2001 SE

	12672
	11173
	11437

3DMARK 2003

	4884
	4639
	4645

GLEXCESS

	11361
	11277
	10941

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 2800 ATHLON XP 2500

COMMENT - "With 3dmark 2001 the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 12% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 3%. With 3dmark 2003 the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 6% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 1%. With Glexcess the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 1% and the Sempron 2800 beats the Athlon XP 2500 by 3%."

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

GLEXCESS
1024x768 Resolution
Scene 1 Intro
Scene 2 Waver
Scene 3 Facescape
Scene 4 Exploding Logo

DOOM 3

ADVANCED OPTIONS DISABLED

	61
	52
	56

ADVANCED OPTIONS ENABLED

	42
	38
	40

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 2800 ATHLON XP 2500

COMMENT - "Doom 3 with the advanced options disabled the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 15% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 8%. With the advanced options enabled the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 10% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 5%."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Screen Size
Fullscreen Enabled
Vertical Sync Disabled
Demo1 Benchmark

OPTIONS DISABLED
Bump Maps Disabled
Shadows Disabled
Special Effects Disabled
Specular Disabled
Antialiasing Disabled

OPTIONS ENABLED
Bump Maps Enabled
Shadows Disabled
Special Effects Enabled
Specular Enabled
Antialiasing Disabled

AMD SEMPRON 2800 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - AMD SEMPRON 2800 INTRODUCTION

PAGE 2 - GAMES SOFTWARE AND FINAL RESULT

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