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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 |
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AMD ATHLON XP 3200 |
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AMD ATHLON XP 2500 |
| VIDEO CARD |
MSI GEFORCE FX 5900XT VTD128 |
| NVIDIA DRIVER |
FORCEWARE v61.77 |
| MOTHERBOARD |
ASROCK K7S8XE+ (v1.90 BIOS) |
| MEMORY |
2x512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR |
| OPERATING SYSTEM |
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 |
| DIRECTX VERSION |
v9.0c |
SISOFTWARE SANDRA 2004
PROCESSOR - ALU DHRYSTONE PROCESSOR - FPU WHETSTONE 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%."
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SISOFTWARE SANDRA 2004
MULTI-MEDIA - FLOATING POINT 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%."
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3D BENCHMARKS
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
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DOOM III
ADVANCED OPTIONS DISABLED 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
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