AMD ATHLON64 3000 WITH SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870 PERFORMANCE

"AMD Athlon64 3000 and Athlon64 X2 4200 game performance with a Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. We are going to find out if the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 requires a powerful processor like the Athlon64 X2 4200 or if the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 will run well with even a 1.8 Ghz Athlon64 3000. We will be using various benchmarks to show processor and video card performance but in the main we will be using game benchmarks. These include Lost Planet, World in Conflict, Supreme Commander - Forged Alliance, Crysis, Trackmania Nations Forever and Sins of a Solar Empire."

	SYSTEM INFORMATION
PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200
	AMD ATHLON64 3000
VIDEO CARD	SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870
ATI DRIVER	CATALYST v8.6
MOTHERBOARD	ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2
MEMORY	2 x 1GB OCUK PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 3
DIRECTX	v9.0c

3DMARK 2006

FINAL SCORE

	8254
	4917

SHADER MODEL 2.0

	3537
	2391

SHADER MODEL 3.0

	4398
	3347

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 AMD ATHLON64 3000

COMMENT - "The Athlon64 X2 4200 when used with a Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 puts in a great performance which beats the Athlon64 3000 by 40%. Things recover slightly with the Shader Model 2.0 tests but the Athlon64 3000 is still 32% slower than the Athlon64 X2 4200. Things improve again for the Athlon64 3000 when using Shader Model 3.0 but it is still outpaced by the Athlon64 X2 4200 by 24%. These numbers don't mean a great deal at this stage so it's now onto 3dmark 2006 game tests."

3DMARK 2006 GAMES

RETURN TO PROXYCON

	30
	19

FIREFLY FOREST

	30
	20

CANYON FLIGHT

	51
	40

DEEP FREEZE

	37
	26

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 AMD ATHLON64 3000

COMMENT - "The 3dmark 2006 games tests make poor reading for the Athlon64 3000 and in all but one of the games it fails to reach 30fps. When using these 3dmark 2006 game tests the Athlon64 X2 4200 outperforms the Athlon64 3000 by between 22% to 37%."

PAGE 1 - INTRODUCTION

PAGE 2 - SYSTEM INFORMATION AND 3DMARK 2006

PAGE 3 - LIGHT SPEED, CINEBENCH 10, SHADERMARK AND PASS MARK

PAGE 4 - DOOM 3, PREY AND LOST PLANET

PAGE 5 - WORLD IN CONFLICT, SUPREME COMMANDER AND CRYSIS

PAGE 5 - TRACKMANIA FOREVER, SINS OF A SOLAR EMPIRE AND FINAL RESULT

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