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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

LIGHTSPEED

1024x768

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200115
AMD ATHLON64 3000104

1280x1024

AMD ATHLON64 X2 420092
AMD ATHLON64 300082

1600x1200

AMD ATHLON64 X2 420081
AMD ATHLON64 300070

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 AMD ATHLON64 3000
COMMENT - "Lighspeed is a very video rather than processor limited benchmark so it's no surprise that the Athlon64 3000 is close to the performance of Athlon64 X2 4200."

CINEBENCH 10

AMD ATHLON64 X2 42003734
AMD ATHLON64 30003122

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 AMD ATHLON64 3000
COMMENT - "Cinebench 10 is a fairly old benchmark and the Athlon64 3000 is only 16% slower than the Athlon64 X2 4200."

SHADERMARK

SM3.0

AMD ATHLON64 X2 420035004
AMD ATHLON64 300034968

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 AMD ATHLON64 3000
COMMENT - "Shadermark is a VERY video card limited benchmark and makes no use of the processor so it's not surprise that the results are the same. What this means is the Athlon64 3000 is fast enough for the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870."

PASSMARK

2D GRAPHICS MARK

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200415
AMD ATHLON64 3000398

3D GRAPHICS MARK

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200696
AMD ATHLON64 3000655

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 AMD ATHLON64 3000
COMMENT - "We have selected only the video card related benchmarks and it shows that the lower speed of the Athlon64 3000 is limiting the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 2D performance rather than it's 3D performance. The Athlon64 X2 4200 outperforms the Athlon64 3000 by 17% with 2D and by 6% using the 3D benchmarks."
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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