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AMD ATHLON64 3400 REVIEW

"AMD Athlon64 3400 review testing the powerful 2.4Ghz Newcastle Socket 754 processor from AMD. Other hardware used was the AMD Sempron 3100, AMD Athlon XP 3200 and the GIGABYTE K8NS PRO motherboard."
AMD ATHLON64 3400

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 3400
AMD SEMPRON 3100
AMD ATHLON XP 3200
MOTHERBOARD GIGABYTE K8NS PRO
ASROCK K7S8XE+
VIDEO CARD MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v77.77
MEMORY 2 x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
DIRECTX VERSION v9.0c

1944 - BATTLE
OF THE BULGE

1024x768

ATHLON64 3400158
SEMPRON 3100133

1280x1024

ATHLON64 3400157
SEMPRON 3100131

1600x1200

ATHLON64 3400130
SEMPRON 3100125

ATHLON64 3400 SEMPRON 3100

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

St. Vith Scenario

LOW QUALITY

Texture Detail Low
Particle Density Low
Shadow Resolution Low
Water Disabled
Decals Disabled
Fog Enabled
Wire Physics Disabled
Grass Disabled

COMMENT - "This is the start of the game benchmarks which are for most people the most important, I have selected low quality settings because we are benchmarking the processor and not the video card. As expected the Athlon64 3400 is the clear winner outperforming the Sempron 3100 by 4% to 16%."


AREA 51

1024x768

ATHLON64 340078
SEMPRON 310066

1280x1024

ATHLON64 340053
SEMPRON 310053

1600x1200

ATHLON64 340039
SEMPRON 310039

ATHLON64 3400 SEMPRON 3100

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Lies Of The Past Level
High Detail Disabled

COMMENT - "Area 51 quickly becomes video card limited and the only difference is at 1024x768 when the Athlon64 3400 outperformed the Sempron 3100 by 16%."


AURORA WATCHING

1024x768

ATHLON64 340088
SEMPRON 310069

1280x1024

ATHLON64 340088
SEMPRON 310064

1600x1200

ATHLON64 340086
SEMPRON 310057

ATHLON64 3400 SEMPRON 3100

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

"The Worst Hangover Ever" Level

LOW QUALITY

Quality Shadows Disabled
Texture Resolution 25%
Pixel Shaders Disabled
Fullscreen Effects Disabled
Decal Textures Disabled
High Particle Count Enabled

COMMENT - "Aurora Watching is another new game like Area 51 but this time the game is much more cpu limited rather than video card limited. The Athlon64 3400 outperforms the Sempron 3100 by between 22% to 34%."


CODENAME PANZERS
PHASE TWO

1024x768

ATHLON64 340070
SEMPRON 310051

1280x1024

ATHLON64 340062
SEMPRON 310047

1600x1200

ATHLON64 340062
SEMPRON 310047

ATHLON64 3400 SEMPRON 3100

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

"Tunis" Level
32bit Color Depth
Default Refresh Rate
Vsync Disabled

LOW QUALITY

Anti-Aliasing Disabled
Shadows Disabled
Texture Detail Low
Bilinear

COMMENT - "Codename Panzers Phase Two is a strategy game and this type of game usually makes good use of a strong processor, this is correct with this game and the Athlon64 3400 outperforms the Sempron 3100 by 25% to 28%."


COMANCHE 4

1024x768

ATHLON64 340073
SEMPRON 310055

1280x1024

ATHLON64 340072
SEMPRON 310055

1600x1200

ATHLON64 340069
SEMPRON 310055

ATHLON64 3400 SEMPRON 3100

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Fullscreen Enabled
32Bit Colour Depth
Anti-Aliasing Disabled
Terrain Detail High
Object Detail High
Texture Quality High
Water Quality High
Shadows High
Particle Density High

COMMENT - "Just like strategy games simulation games also make good use of a fast processor and the Athlon64 3400 outperforms the Sempron 3100 by 21% to 25%."


DELTA FORCE EXTREME

1024x768

ATHLON64 340062
SEMPRON 310051

1280x1024

ATHLON64 340055
SEMPRON 310051

1600x1200

ATHLON64 340043
SEMPRON 310043

ATHLON64 3400 SEMPRON 3100

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Peru Campaign
Mission Flood

LOW QUALITY

Terrain Polygon Low
Terrain Texture Normal
Object Polygon Detail Low
Object Texture Detail Normal
Water Quality Low
Shadows Low
Particle Density Low
Frame Effects Minimal
Antialiasing Disabled
Bilinear
Texture Compression Maximum

COMMENT - "Delta Force Extreme is quite a graphically demanding game and quickly becomes video card limited at higher resolutions. However the Athlon64 3400 still outperformed the Sempron 3100 by 18% at the lowest resolution."


1024x768

ATHLON64 3400113
SEMPRON 310094

1280x1024

ATHLON64 340086
SEMPRON 310079

1600x1200

ATHLON64 340063
SEMPRON 310062

ATHLON64 3400 SEMPRON 3100

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

High Quality
Fullscreen Enabled
Vertical Sync Disabled
Demo1 Benchmark

LOW QUALITY

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

COMMENT - "Doom 3 is another graphically demanding game but the Athlon64 3400 outperformed the Sempron 3100 by 9% to 17%."

AMD ATHLON64 3400 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - AMD ATHLON64 3400 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2001 TO 2005, CPU BENCH, META BENCH AND REAL STORM
PAGE 3 - 1941, AREA 51, COMANCHE 4, DOOM III AND OTHERS
PAGE 4 - FAR CRY, LEGO STAR WARS, PARIAH, TRACKMANIA SUNRISE AND OTHERS
PAGE 5 - TRIBES VENGEANCE, UNREAL TOURNAMENT AND FINAL RESULT

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