Dothan @ 2.8 + DFI w/ a little bench info

TStep

Platinum Member
Feb 16, 2003
2,460
10
81
Link. This seems like a little competition for AMD :)
No need for P4 4gig if those speeds and benchies hold true.
 

Mik3y

Banned
Mar 2, 2004
7,089
0
0
the benchies suck though. only 640x480 res @ low quality? i wonder how well it does at 1024x768 @ high quality.
 

Mloot

Diamond Member
Aug 24, 2002
3,038
25
91
Perhaps just as important as the Dothan's performance, though, is the fact that DFI will be producing a desktop Petium M motherboard, with overclocking options and all.

:thumbsup:
 

DAPUNISHER

Super Moderator CPU Forum Mod and Elite Member
Super Moderator
Aug 22, 2001
30,810
28,361
146
Originally posted by: Mik3y
the benchies suck though. only 640x480 res @ low quality? i wonder how well it does at 1024x768 @ high quality.
The idea is to make it as CPU dependant as possible ;) Unless it is 64bit though AMD is still going to have the edge ;)

 

AWhackWhiteBoy

Golden Member
Mar 3, 2004
1,807
0
0
Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
The idea is to make it as CPU dependant as possible ;) Unless it is 64bit though AMD is still going to have the edge ;)

Still though, 1.7ghz, under 60C, passively cooled with a dinky copper cooler. I'd like to see a 64bit AMD do that. Speed isn't everything :)
 

Gamingphreek

Lifer
Mar 31, 2003
11,679
0
81
Woah they quoted one of AT's own (Anand of course). Thats pretty awesome!

Kudos to DFI for an awesome board.

-Kevin
 

DAPUNISHER

Super Moderator CPU Forum Mod and Elite Member
Super Moderator
Aug 22, 2001
30,810
28,361
146
Originally posted by: AWhackWhiteBoy
Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
The idea is to make it as CPU dependant as possible ;) Unless it is 64bit though AMD is still going to have the edge ;)

Still though, 1.7ghz, under 60C, passively cooled with a dinky copper cooler. I'd like to see a 64bit AMD do that. Speed isn't everything :)
There may already be an AMD 64bit microprocessor that can do it@that speed.? Price is enough to cause :heart: failure though, even if it can pull it off.
 

Concillian

Diamond Member
May 26, 2004
3,751
8
81
Pentium M on desktop could be the Silver Bullet for Intel + Enthusiasts.

People have been chomping at the bit to see real Pentium M performance (with high end memory, etc...) and it looks like it's not far off.

Competition is good!
 

charloscarlies

Golden Member
Feb 12, 2004
1,288
0
0
Originally posted by: Concillian
Pentium M on desktop could be the Silver Bullet for Intel + Enthusiasts.

People have been chomping at the bit to see real Pentium M performance (with high end memory, etc...) and it looks like it's not far off.

Competition is good!

So true. Prices are going to have to become a lot more competitive though w/ the low end A64's.
 

dguy6789

Diamond Member
Dec 9, 2002
8,558
3
76
If they can get the Pentium M onto desktop, with some good ddr2 memory in a dual channel config and lower the prices, then amd can get some price/performance competition.
 

AWhackWhiteBoy

Golden Member
Mar 3, 2004
1,807
0
0
I'd love to see this processor performance once the ram speeds being used are bumped up a great deal, esp since its still only using 266 ram.

Its also amazing considering the processor is largely just a scaled up P3.
 

dug777

Lifer
Oct 13, 2004
24,778
4
0
Joy- it is/will be nice to see something out of the intel camp that can let the intel fanboys run riot on the forums, it's been a while since they've had something to get excited about (thinks about 1066mhz fsb, laughs) :p But really- looks awesome, and as has been said a million times b4, competition is good, for us at the consumer end of the stick at least :)

EDIT: perhaps it's being needlessly cynical, but i can see the posts now; 'D0than is teh winnah, w00t', 'AMD sux0rs, d0than 0wnz"... and so on in that vein...oh well :p
 

MDme

Senior member
Aug 27, 2004
297
0
0
Is that all the info available for the benchie? I mean, why only 640x480 LQ? what were the specs of the systems used? I mean DOOM3 is GPU dependent, there are too many variables that were not mentioned. Also, their mobo has only AGP4X support right? so what gfx card did they use? if the bus was limited due to AGP4X or some other issue it could skew the result. smells fishy to me....
 

dug777

Lifer
Oct 13, 2004
24,778
4
0
Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Originally posted by: Mik3y
the benchies suck though. only 640x480 res @ low quality? i wonder how well it does at 1024x768 @ high quality.
The idea is to make it as CPU dependant as possible ;) Unless it is 64bit though AMD is still going to have the edge ;)



Thats why 640x480 LQ- its a CPU test situation not a overall system performance test :)
Precisely because their mobo doesnt do 8x agp, wouldnt be a very comparable system test at all- & slow RAM
 

imported_SLIM

Member
Jun 14, 2004
176
0
0
Yea that's nice that they could get a dothan to go 2.8ghz, but I'm guessing that was using LN2 if you look way down at the fourth bar from the bottom you see the fastest available stock dothan 755 (2ghz). So all they did was take the fastest available chip and overclock it 40% and amazingly it beats a stock 4000+. Bah, wake me when they have a ~$200 chip that EVERYBODY overclocks to >FX53 performance like the winchesters are doing right now.

Could be nice for a SFF though; of course so is cool n quiet.
 

Zebo

Elite Member
Jul 29, 2001
39,398
19
81
Not really that ineresting comparing a highly OVERCLOCKED M to a non OCed A64


Throw a OCed 939 A64@2.7 in there, at $215 BTW, and watch the ass whipping commence.

And where's my 64 bitness?
 

gururu

Platinum Member
Jul 16, 2002
2,402
0
0
pretty impressive....but makes one wonder why Intel didn't take a harder look at a desktop dothan solution. or maybe they did.....
 

Markfw

Moderator Emeritus, Elite Member
May 16, 2002
26,794
15,804
136
Originally posted by: Zebo
Not really that ineresting comparing a highly OVERCLOCKED M to a non OCed A64


Throw a OCed 939 A64@2.7 in there, at $215 BTW, and watch the ass whipping commence.

And where's my 64 bitness?
Yup !