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"Today we are looking at the AMD Athlon64 3000 Venice which is the budget processor for Socket 939. The AMD Athlon64 3000 has some differences compared to the Sempron 3100 also featured in this review, the first difference is that the Athlon64 3000 is a full 64bit processor unlike the Sempron 3100 used in this review which has 64bit disabled, the second difference is that the Athlon64 3000 processor has a 512K Level 2 Cache while the Sempron 3100 has a 256K Level 2 Cache and the third difference is that the Athlon64 3000 has a dual channel memory controller."
AMD ATHLON64 3000 REVIEW
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With the introduction of the AMD Athlon 64 processor, AMD provides customers a solution that can address their current and future computing needs. As the first desktop PC processor to run on the AMD64 platform, the AMD Athlon 64 processor helps ensure superior performance on today’s software with readiness for the coming wave of 64-bit computing. With AMD64 technology, customers can embrace the new capabilities of 64-bit computing on their own terms and achieve compatibility with existing software and operating systems."
GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION
| PROCESSOR |
AMD ATHLON64 3000 |
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AMD SEMPRON 3100 |
| VIDEO CARD |
MSI NX 6600 GT |
| NVIDIA DRIVER |
FORCEWARE v84.21 WHQL |
| MOTHERBOARD |
ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2 (v1.60 BIOS) |
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GIGABYTE K8NS PRO (F12 BIOS) |
| MEMORY |
2 x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR |
| OPERATING SYSTEM |
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 |
| DIRECTX VERSION |
v9.0c |
3DMARK BENCHMARK
 | 16709 |
 | 15731 |
 | 7725 |
 | 7610 |
 | 3288 |
 | 3237 |
AMD ATHLON64 3000 AMD SEMPRON 3100
COMMENT - "The Athlon64 3000 starts off strongly and outperforms the Sempron 3100 by 6% with 3dmark 2001 SE, 2% with 3dmark 2003 and 2% with 3dmark 2005. The reason for the small difference between the two processors when benchmarking with 3dmark 2003 and 3dmark 2005 is because they mostly test for video card performance and not processor performance."
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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
3DMARK 2005
1024x768 Resolution
No Anti-Aliasing
Optimal Filtering
HLSL VS Target 2_0
HLSL PS Target 2_0
No Fixed Framerate
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3DMARK 2005 CPU SCORE
 | 4263 |
 | 3663 |
AMD ATHLON64 3000 AMD SEMPRON 3100
COMMENT - "This is the only test within 3dmark 2005 which is designed to benchmark the processor. The Athlon64 3000 outperforms the Sempron 3100 by an impressive 15%."
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BENCHMARK SETTINGS
3DMARK 2005
1024x768 Resolution
No Anti-Aliasing
Optimal Filtering
HLSL VS Target 2_0
HLSL PS Target 2_0
No Fixed Framerate
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CPU BENCH 2003
 | 7358 |
 | 6718 |
AMD ATHLON64 3000 AMD SEMPRON 3100
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COMMENT - "The Athlon64 3000 outperforms the Sempron 3100 by 9%."
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META BENCH
 | 3163 |
 | 3030 |
AMD ATHLON64 3000 AMD SEMPRON 3100
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COMMENT - "Things return to normal with Meta Bench and the Athlon64 3000 outperforms the Sempron 3100 by 5%."
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REALSTORM 2004
 | 4623 |
 | 4350 |
AMD ATHLON64 3000 AMD SEMPRON 3100
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COMMENT - "The Athlon64 3000 outperforms the Sempron 3100 by 6%."
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