AMD SEMPRON 2200 REVIEW

"In this article we test the AMD Sempron 2200 cpu against the Sempron 3100, Athlon XP 3200 and XP 2500 using the GIGABYTE K8NS PRO and ASROCK K7S8XE+ motherboards. The following software was used during testing, 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, SiSoftware Sandra 2005, CPU Bench 2003, Metabench, KribiBench, Realstorm 2004, Sciencemark 2, Nvidia Dawn, Doom 3, Half Life 2, Quake 3 Arena, Scrapland, Serious Sam SE, Tribes Vengeance, Unreal Tournament 2004, Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War, X2 the Threat and Xpand Rally."

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSORS	AMD SEMPRON 2200
	AMD SEMPRON 3100
	AMD ATHLON XP 3200
	AMD ATHLON XP 2500
VIDEO CARD	MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT
NVIDIA DRIVER	FORCEWARE v67.66
MOTHERBOARDS	GIGABYTE K8NS PRO
	ASROCK K7S8XE+
MEMORY	2x512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
DIRECTX VERSION	v9.0c

DOOM III

LOW QUALITY

	76
	89
	66
	53

MEDIUM QUALITY

	60
	70
	52
	42

HIGH QUALITY

	41
	41
	24
	15

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 3100 ATHLON XP 2500 SEMPRON 2200

COMMENT - "Using Doom 3 as a cpu benchmark low quality will show cpu performance, medium quality will show a mixture and high quality will be video card limited. The Sempron 2200 was 31% slower than the Athlon XP 3200, 41% slower than Sempron 3100 and 20% slower than Athlon XP 2500."

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

LOW QUALITY
Bump Maps Disabled
Shadows Disabled
Special Effects Disabled
Specular Disabled
Antialiasing Disabled

MEDIUM QUALITY
Bump Maps Enabled
Shadows Enabled
Special Effects Enabled
Specular Enabled
Antialiasing Disabled

HIGH QUALITY
Bump Maps Enabled
Shadows Enabled
Special Effects Enabled
Specular Enabled
Anti-aliasing Enabled

HALF LIFE 2

LOW QUALITY

	64
	70
	55
	44

MEDIUM QUALITY

	62
	69
	54
	43

HIGH QUALITY

	53
	58
	46
	36

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 3100 ATHLON XP 2500 SEMPRON 2200

COMMENT - "Using Half Life 2 as benchmark the low quality setting will show cpu performance, medium quality will show a mixture and high quality will be video limited. The Sempron 2200 was 32% slower than the Athlon XP 3200, 38% slower than Sempron 3100 and 20% slower than Athlon XP 2500."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

LOW QUALITY
Model Detail Low
Texture Detail Low
Water Detail Simple
Shadow Detail Low
Shader Detail Low
Bilinear Filtering

MEDIUM QUALITY
Model Detail Medium
Texture Detail Medium
Water Detail Reflect
Shadow Detail High
Shader Detail High
Trilinear Filtering

HIGH QUALITY
Model Detail High
Texture Detail High
Water Detail Reflect
Shadow Detail High
Shader Detail High
8x Anisotropic Filtering

HALF LIFE 2 EXTRA

COAST05

	67
	74
	58
	47

COAST12

	71
	75
	60
	50

PRISON05

	74
	79
	62
	51

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 3100 ATHLON XP 2500 SEMPRON 2200

COMMENT - "Using Half Life 2 we used a very demanding demo which will be cpu limited. The Sempron 2200 was 32% slower than the Athlon XP 3200, 36% slower than Sempron 3100 and 18% slower than Athlon XP 2500."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

LOW QUALITY
Model Detail Low
Texture Detail Low
Water Detail Simple
Shadow Detail Low
Shader Detail Low
Bilinear Filtering

MEDIUM QUALITY
Model Detail Medium
Texture Detail Medium
Water Detail Reflect
Shadow Detail High
Shader Detail High
Trilinear Filtering

HIGH QUALITY
Model Detail High
Texture Detail High
Water Detail Reflect
Shadow Detail High
Shader Detail High
8x Anisotropic Filtering

AMD SEMPRON 2200 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - AMD SEMPRON 2200 INTRODUCTION

PAGE 2 - SISOFTWARE SANDRA, CPU BENCH, META BENCH AND NVIDIA DAWN

PAGE 3 - DOOM III AND HALF LIFE 2

PAGE 4 - QUAKE III ARENA, SCRAPLAND, SERIOUS SAM SE AND OTHERS

PAGE 5 - UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004, X2 THE THREAT AND FINAL RESULT

HOME = CPU - MOTHERBOARD - NEWS - 3D BENCH - SITEMAP - TECH - VIDEO CARD - BYTE NEWS - BLOG - LINKS

I hope you enjoy my reviews on amd processors, be sure to use this information when picking out a new amd processor that's right for your computing needs

LATEST REVIEWS

AMD FX 6100 VS AMD FX 8150
HIS RADEON HD 7950
AMD A6 3650 VS ATHLON X3 455
ASUS RADEON HD 7970
AMD PHENOM II X4 960T
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 7970
AMD A6 3650 VS AMD A8 3850
AMD A8 3850 VS ATHLON X3 455
INTEL CORE i5 2500 VS FX 8150
AMD FX 8150 VS X6 1100T
PHENOM II X6 1100T VS i5 2500K
INTEL CORE i3 2100 VS CORE i3 530
INTEL CORE i3 530 VS AMD X3 455
INTEL CORE i3 2100 VS AMD X3 455
CORE i5 2500K VS PHENOM II 970
AMD PHENOM II X4 970 VS X4 955
AMD ATHLON II X3 455 VS X4 620
AMD ATHLON II X3 455 VS X2 560
AMD ATHLON II X3 455 VS X2 265
AMD ATHLON II X3 455
AMD ATHLON II X3 435
AMD PHENOM II X2 560 VS X4 645
AMD PHENOM II X2 560 VS X4 955
CORE i3 2120 VS PHENOM II 955
CORE i3 2120 VS PHENOM II 560
INTEL CORE i3 2120
AMD ATHLON II X4 620
AMD PHENOM II X4 955
AMD PHENOM II X2 560
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6850
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6770
HIS RADEON HD 6850
PALIT GEFORCE GTX 460 SONIC
POWERCOLOR RADEON 6790
PALIT GEFORCE GTX 550
PALIT GEFORCE GTX 560
AMD ATHLON II X4 645
PALIT GEFORCE GTS 450 SONIC
PALIT GEFORCE GTS 450
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6970