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.

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 BRIDGE OF FATE 98 82 85 CONVOY 50 41 43 TORLAN 69 57 59 ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 2800 ATHLON XP 2500 COMMENT - "Using the Bridge of Fate demo the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 17% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 4%. Using the Convoy demo the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 18% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 5%. Using the Torlan demo the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 18% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 4%." BENCHMARK SETTINGS Direct3D Render Device 1024x768 Resolution 32Bit Colour Depth Texture Detail Normal Character Detail Normal World Detail High Physics Detail High Decal Stay High Full Character Shadows Full Fog Distance Decals Enabled Dynamic Lighting Enabled Detail Textures Enabled Coronas Enabled Trilinear Filtering Enabled Projectors Enabled Foliage Enabled Weather Effects Enabled

GAMES SOFTWARE COMANCHE4 52 42 44 DESERT RATS vs AFRIKA KORPS 82 67 70 FARCRY 45 36 38 PAINKILLER 105 93 96 UNREAL 2 80 71 74 X2 THE THREAT 84 73 74 ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 2800 ATHLON XP 2500 COMMENT - "Using Comanche4 the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 20% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 5%. Using Desert Rats vs Afrika Korps the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 19% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 5%. Using Far Cry the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 20% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 6%. Using Painkiller the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 12% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 4%. Using Unreal 2 the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 12% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 5%. Using X2 the Threat the AMD Athlon XP 3200 beats the Sempron 2800 by 14% and the Sempron 2800 loses to the Athlon XP 2500 by 2%."