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AMD ATHLON XP USED WITH ATI RADEON X1950 PRO GAMING PERFORMANCE

"We are going to answer the question, can you get good game performance with a Athlon XP type processor when used with the current most powerful AGP video card which is the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro? We will be using various Athlon XP processors including the most powerful which is the AMD Athlon XP 3200, the mid-range AMD Athlon XP 2500 and the budget AMD Sempron 2200. The AMD Sempron 2200 is a budget processor designed for general use and not really for games but we will show that when paired with a powerful video card even the Sempron 2200 can deliver playable gaming performance. We have used the ASROCK K7S8XE+ which uses the SIS748 chipset because it's a stable motherboard and it works perfectly with the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro AGP."


DOOM 3

LOW QUALITY

AMD ATHLON XP 320073
AMD ATHLON XP 250061 (-17%)
AMD SEMPRON 220044 (-40%)

MEDIUM QUALITY

AMD ATHLON XP 320070
AMD ATHLON XP 250058 (-18%)
AMD SEMPRON 220042 (-40%)

HIGH QUALITY

AMD ATHLON XP 320057
AMD ATHLON XP 250049 (-15%)
AMD SEMPRON 220034 (-41%)

AMD ATHLON XP 3200 AMD ATHLON XP 2500 AMD SEMPRON 2200

COMMENT - "All of the processors are able to offer playable performance with Doom 3. However the Sempron 2200 appears to be cpu limited although 34fps using high quality settings is still very good."

QUAKE 4

LOW QUALITY

AMD ATHLON XP 320091
AMD ATHLON XP 250078 (-15%)
AMD SEMPRON 220059 (-36%)

MEDIUM QUALITY

AMD ATHLON XP 320089
AMD ATHLON XP 250075 (-16%)
AMD SEMPRON 220057 (-36%)

HIGH QUALITY

AMD ATHLON XP 320086
AMD ATHLON XP 250075 (-13%)
AMD SEMPRON 220055 (-36%)

AMD ATHLON XP 3200 AMD ATHLON XP 2500 AMD SEMPRON 2200

COMMENT - "It would appear that all of the processors are limiting the power of the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro. However even the lowly Sempron 2200 is able to deliver very playable performance at all of the image quality settings."

PREY

LOW QUALITY

AMD ATHLON XP 3200125
AMD ATHLON XP 2500108 (-14%)
AMD SEMPRON 220083 (-34%)

MEDIUM QUALITY

AMD ATHLON XP 3200103
AMD ATHLON XP 250091 (-12%)
AMD SEMPRON 220070 (-33%)

HIGH QUALITY

AMD ATHLON XP 320063
AMD ATHLON XP 250060 (-5%)
AMD SEMPRON 220052 (-18%)

AMD ATHLON XP 3200 AMD ATHLON XP 2500 AMD SEMPRON 2200

COMMENT - "Things are getting interesting with Prey and ALL of the processors are able to offer very playble performance. Even the AMD Sempron 2200 is able to push the Sapphire x1950 Pro to 52fps at high quality which is impressive."

INDEX
PAGE 1 - INTRODUCTION AND SYSTEM INFORMATION
PAGE 2 - DOOM 3, QUAKE 4 AND PREY
PAGE 3 - GUN METAL 2, WORLD IN CONFLICT AND SUPREME COMMANDER

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