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AMD SEMPRON 2200 REVIEW

AMD Sempron 2200 Processor

"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

QUAKE III ARENA

HIGH QUALITY

ATHLON XP 3200290
SEMPRON 3100 309
ATHLON XP 2500255
SEMPRON 2200 221

ULTRA HIGH QUALITY

ATHLON XP 3200284
SEMPRON 3100 302
ATHLON XP 2500249
SEMPRON 2200 215

EXTREME QUALITY

ATHLON XP 3200240
SEMPRON 3100 248
ATHLON XP 2500225
SEMPRON 2200 204

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 3100 ATHLON XP 2500 SEMPRON 2200

COMMENT - "Using Quake 3 as benchmark the high quality will show cpu performance, ultra high quality will show a mixture and extreme quality will be video limited. The Sempron 2200 was 24% slower than the Athlon XP 3200, 29% slower than Sempron 3100 and 14% slower than Athlon XP 2500."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Default GLdriver
GL Extensions on
1024x768 Video Mode
32Bit Colour Depth
Fullscreen on
Lightmap Lighting
32Bit Texture Quality
Demo four.dm_66

HIGH QUALITY

Medium Geometic Detail
75% Texture Detail
Trilinear Texture Filtering

ULTRA HIGH QUALITY

High Geometic Detail
Full Texture Detail
Trilinear Texture Filtering

EXTREME QUALITY

High Geometic Detail
Full Texture Detail
8x Anisotropic Filtering
4x Anti-Aliasing

SCRAPLAND

LOW QUALITY

ATHLON XP 3200106
SEMPRON 3100 127
ATHLON XP 250092
SEMPRON 2200 73

MEDIUM QUALITY

ATHLON XP 320087
SEMPRON 3100 97
ATHLON XP 250083
SEMPRON 2200 68

HIGH QUALITY

ATHLON XP 320048
SEMPRON 3100 52
ATHLON XP 250045
SEMPRON 2200 36

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 3100 ATHLON XP 2500 SEMPRON 2200

COMMENT - "Using Scrapland 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, 43% slower than Sempron 3100 and 21% slower than Athlon XP 2500."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

1024x768 Video Mode
Vsync Disabled
Crazy Gambler Level

LOW QUALITY

Bilinear Texture Filtering
Low Texture Detail
Shadows Disabled
Fog Disabled
Bloom Disabled
Motion Blur Disabled
Deformation Disabled

MEDIUM QUALITY

Trilinear Texture Filtering
Medium Texture Detail
Shadows Disabled
Fog Enabled
Bloom Enabled
Motion Blur Enabled
Deformation Enabled

HIGH QUALITY

8x Anisotropic Filtering
High Texture Detail
Low Shadows Enabled
Fog Enabled
Bloom Enabled
Motion Blur Enabled
Deformation Enabled

SERIOUS SAM SE

CITADEL

ATHLON XP 3200131
SEMPRON 3100 137
ATHLON XP 2500117
SEMPRON 2200 98

ELEPHANT ATRIUM

ATHLON XP 3200160
SEMPRON 3100 167
ATHLON XP 2500145
SEMPRON 2200 123

GRAND CATHEDRAL

ATHLON XP 3200107
SEMPRON 3100 113
ATHLON XP 250093
SEMPRON 2200 75

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 3100 ATHLON XP 2500 SEMPRON 2200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

1024x768 Resolution
Fullscreen Enabled
Extreme Quality Settings
Large Texture Size
Optimal Texture Quality
Detail Textures Enabled

COMMENT - "Using Serious Sam SE for the Grand Cathedral is the most cpu limiting demo tested. The Sempron 2200 was 30% slower than the Athlon XP 3200, 34% slower than Sempron 3100 and 20% slower than Athlon XP 2500."


TRIBES VENGEANCE

LOW QUALITY

ATHLON XP 320094
SEMPRON 3100 108
ATHLON XP 250080
SEMPRON 2200 67

MEDIUM QUALITY

ATHLON XP 320083
SEMPRON 3100 94
ATHLON XP 250071
SEMPRON 2200 60

HIGH QUALITY

ATHLON XP 320065
SEMPRON 3100 70
ATHLON XP 250055
SEMPRON 2200 46

ATHLON XP 3200 SEMPRON 3100 ATHLON XP 2500 SEMPRON 2200

COMMENT - "Using Tribes Vengeance for benchmarking low quality will show cpu performance, medium quality will show a mixture and high quality will be video limited. The Sempron 2200 was 29% slower than the Athlon XP 3200, 38% slower than Sempron 3100 and 17% slower than Athlon XP 2500."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

1024x768 Resolution
Imperial Arena level

LOW QUALITY

Bump Map Detail Low
Texture Detail Low
Terrain Micro Disabled
Fluid Surface Detail Low
Fogging Distance Low
Dynamic Shadow Low
Glow Detail Low
Terrain Deco Disabled
World Detail Low
v2.0 Pixel Shaders Disabled

MEDIUM QUALITY

Bump Map Detail Low
Texture Detail Medium
Terrain Micro Enabled
Fluid Surface Detail Medium
Fogging Distance Medium
Dynamic Shadow Medium
Glow Detail Medium
Terrain Deco Disabled
World Detail Medium
V2.0 Pixel Shaders Disabled

HIGH QUALITY

Bump Map Detail High
Texture Detail High
Terrain Micro Enabled
Fluid Surface Detail UHigh
Fogging Distance High
Dynamic Shadow High
Glow Detail High
Terrain Deco Enabled
World Detail High
V2.0 Pixel Shaders Disabled

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

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