Barton 2800->3800 X2-> 4800 X2 and AIW 8500->AIW X800XT

[Pederv]

Dropped in my $295 4800 X2.
Running 4 instances of Prime95, CPU temp- 132.8F(56), System- 107.6(42), Room - 81.3

Have a little benchmark history. System has remained the same, except as noted:

Barton 2800 with AIW 8500
3DMark2000 3DMark - 12984.6
3DMark2000 CPU Speed - 757.6
3DMark2001 3DMark - 10838.6
3DMark2001 CPU Speed -
3DMark 03 3DMark - 1620.0
3DMark 03 CPU Speed - 615.3

Barton 2800 with AIW X800XT
3DMark2000 3DMark - 14696.3
% Increase - 13.183
3DMark2000 CPU Speed - 771.7
% Increase - 1.857
3DMark2001 3DMark - 17949.3
% Increase - 65.606
3DMark2001 CPU Speed -
% Increase -
3DMark 03 3DMark - 10636.5
% Increase - 556.574
3DMark 03 CPU Speed - 681.0
% Increase - 10.672

3800 X2 with AIW X800XT
3DMark2000 3DMark - 17524.0
% Increase - 19.241
3DMark2000 CPU Speed - 794.0
% Increase - 2.894
3DMark2001 3DMark - 22046.0
% Increase - 22.824
3DMark2001 CPU Speed -
% Increase -
3DMark 03 3DMark - 11603.0
% Increase - 9.087
3DMark 03 CPU Speed - 873.0
% Increase - 28.194
3DMark05 3DMark - 5925.0
% Increase -
3DMark05 CPU Speed - 4815.0
% Increase -

4800 X2 with AIW X800XT
3DMark2000 3DMark - 22912.0
% Increase - 30.746
3DMark2000 CPU Speed - 859.0
% Increase - 8.186
3DMark2001 3DMark - 26043.0
% Increase - 18.130
3DMark2001 CPU Speed -
% Increase -
3DMark 03 3DMark - 12253.0
% Increase - 5.602
3DMark 03 CPU Speed - 1061.0
% Increase - 21.535
3DMark05 3DMark - 6043.0
% Increase - 1.992
3DMark05 CPU Speed - 5146.0
% Increase - 6.874

 

[StarBeamAlpha]

That floppy is bringing your whole system down, man.

 

[decin]

I would definately guess the X800.

 

[harpoon84]

The X800XT in the newer 3DMarks, which are largely GPU dependant.

 

[Pederv]

3D benchmarks are the only benchmarks that I had for all the upgrades over the past year. After all it started as a video card upgrade.

What surprised me was that on a few occassions the benchmarks show close to a 20% increase, if not more, when going from the 3800 X2 to the 4800 X2. For a 20% increase in processor speed, this shouldn't happen. Increased L2?

 

[shamans]

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