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 |
WORLD IN CONFLICTNORMAL QUALITY
HIGH QUALITY
EXTREME QUALITY
AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 AMD ATHLON64 3000 |
COMMENT - "World in Conflict is one game which makes full use of Dual Core Technology and it shows badly for the Athlon64 3000. The Athlon64 3000 offers between 36%-67% less performance compared to the Athlon64 X2 4200. What this means is that the Athlon64 3000 has limited the performance of the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 so much that it is ONLY playable using normal quality settings. When compared to the Athlon64 X2 4200 which can push the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 to very playable performances at all of the image quality settings makes the Athlon64 3000 looks poor." |
SUPREME COMMANDER |
 | 60 |
 | 47 |
HIGH QUALITY
| 41 |
| 34 |
EXTREME QUALITY
| 24 |
| 17 |
AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 AMD ATHLON64 3000
COMMENT - "The Athlon64 3000 is holding back the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 at normal quality but when the image quality is increased the limiting factor starts to become the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870."
CYRSISNORMAL QUALITY
HIGH QUALITY
EXTREME QUALITY
AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 AMD ATHLON64 3000 |
COMMENT - "Crysis is a very demanding game and even the Athlon64 X2 4200 is not able to push the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 to playable performance using extreme settings. The Athlon64 3000 only offerered playable performance at normal quality settings which was disappointing." |
| 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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