Well I just got done earlier today building my new conroe computer. It was kind of expensive but I felt spending a little extra money would pay off.
So I have spent the day comparing it to my other computer which is a Athlon 64 3800+ single core Venice. with 1 gig of ram. 512 of it is pc3200 corsair Valueselect and 512 of it is pc2100 PNY. actually 4 sticks in all 1x512 2x256. this computer also has a Asus A8nvm motherboard, ($50) and a EVGA 7600GT. 80 gig Maxtor HD with 8MB cache and a 450 watt generic power supply.
Now this a64 computer of mine is pretty good. I built it for a budget gaming pc right when the prices of AMD's were going down a few months ago.
I have been using it as a gaming PC playing all sorts of games for the past 4 or 5 months.
Well I wanted 2 computers for gaming for when friends come over, LAN etc.
So I decided to build a new Conroe computer and I went all out on it. So far it's probably about 3 times as expensive as the AMD system and im not even done yet. (I still want to put a 500 GB hard drive in it and a 8800 GTX. But these will have to wait for a few months.
To be honest I had extremely hi expectations for the Conroe system and so far I am underwhelmed. I am hoping something is wrong with the Conroe system because this cant be right.
In most tests my A64 system is beating the Conroe system and in others it's matching it.
As far as these 2 computers are concerned all I really care about is gaming as that's what there for.
I have both computers running side by side and both are running Sony G420 monitors and EVGA 7600GTs. Exact same cards and monitors on both PCs
I am hoping some of the good people here at Anandtech can help me figure out whats wrong with my new Conroe system. It is fast it just isn't nothing like I was expecting. It doesnt blow the A643800+ out of the water and in at least half of the cases it loses to the a64.
So far I have tested Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, Company of Heroes and a couple of older games. PCMark05 and CPUMARK 2.1
In the CPU Mark test (theres 3 seperate tests) the Conroe won 2 of them and the a64 won 1.
In Battlefield 2 I am getting about 15 frames higher with the A64 system.
Company of heroes I dont know the framerate but it feels smoother on the A64 system.
I am about to run some more tests. Can anyone please recommend some good test to ensure that my Conroe is functioning correctly? Are there any good CPU benchmarks?
Can anyone please recommend some games or software or game demos that can show off the Conroes power?
What could possibly be wrong with my Conroe Computer? Could it be something in the BIOS or my RAM timings? The RAM I got for it does have somewhat hi timings.
I do plan on overclocking this new computer but that wont be for a few months until I can get a new CPU Cooler and new case.
Exact Specs of both computers.
Conroe System.
E6600 @ 2.4 GHZ stock cooler for now
2X1GIG Crucial Ballistix PC8000 Dual Channel
Asus P5B Deluxe
Seasonic M12 700 Watt Power Supply.
EVGA 7600 GT
Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 32 Bit
Western Digital 80 GIG 8MB cache
Pioneer 16XDVDR
Athlon 64 System.
Athlon64 3800+ @ 2.4 GHZ Venice single core stock cooler
1 gig of mismatched memory in 4 slots
Asus A8NVM Socket 939 Motherboard ($50 New)
450 Watt Generic Power Supply
EVGA 7600 GT
Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 32 Bit
Maxtor 80 GIG 8MB
Pioneer 16DVDR
Someone please recommend some games or game demos or some software program that I can run on both of these to prove that the Conroe is better? Because right now I just dont see it.
Or please help me figure out what is wrong.
Thanks for reading all of this and sorry it's so long. I wanted to be thorough.
Thanks again everyone I sure do appreciate any help.
So I have spent the day comparing it to my other computer which is a Athlon 64 3800+ single core Venice. with 1 gig of ram. 512 of it is pc3200 corsair Valueselect and 512 of it is pc2100 PNY. actually 4 sticks in all 1x512 2x256. this computer also has a Asus A8nvm motherboard, ($50) and a EVGA 7600GT. 80 gig Maxtor HD with 8MB cache and a 450 watt generic power supply.
Now this a64 computer of mine is pretty good. I built it for a budget gaming pc right when the prices of AMD's were going down a few months ago.
I have been using it as a gaming PC playing all sorts of games for the past 4 or 5 months.
Well I wanted 2 computers for gaming for when friends come over, LAN etc.
So I decided to build a new Conroe computer and I went all out on it. So far it's probably about 3 times as expensive as the AMD system and im not even done yet. (I still want to put a 500 GB hard drive in it and a 8800 GTX. But these will have to wait for a few months.
To be honest I had extremely hi expectations for the Conroe system and so far I am underwhelmed. I am hoping something is wrong with the Conroe system because this cant be right.
In most tests my A64 system is beating the Conroe system and in others it's matching it.
As far as these 2 computers are concerned all I really care about is gaming as that's what there for.
I have both computers running side by side and both are running Sony G420 monitors and EVGA 7600GTs. Exact same cards and monitors on both PCs
I am hoping some of the good people here at Anandtech can help me figure out whats wrong with my new Conroe system. It is fast it just isn't nothing like I was expecting. It doesnt blow the A643800+ out of the water and in at least half of the cases it loses to the a64.
So far I have tested Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, Company of Heroes and a couple of older games. PCMark05 and CPUMARK 2.1
In the CPU Mark test (theres 3 seperate tests) the Conroe won 2 of them and the a64 won 1.
In Battlefield 2 I am getting about 15 frames higher with the A64 system.
Company of heroes I dont know the framerate but it feels smoother on the A64 system.
I am about to run some more tests. Can anyone please recommend some good test to ensure that my Conroe is functioning correctly? Are there any good CPU benchmarks?
Can anyone please recommend some games or software or game demos that can show off the Conroes power?
What could possibly be wrong with my Conroe Computer? Could it be something in the BIOS or my RAM timings? The RAM I got for it does have somewhat hi timings.
I do plan on overclocking this new computer but that wont be for a few months until I can get a new CPU Cooler and new case.
Exact Specs of both computers.
Conroe System.
E6600 @ 2.4 GHZ stock cooler for now
2X1GIG Crucial Ballistix PC8000 Dual Channel
Asus P5B Deluxe
Seasonic M12 700 Watt Power Supply.
EVGA 7600 GT
Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 32 Bit
Western Digital 80 GIG 8MB cache
Pioneer 16XDVDR
Athlon 64 System.
Athlon64 3800+ @ 2.4 GHZ Venice single core stock cooler
1 gig of mismatched memory in 4 slots
Asus A8NVM Socket 939 Motherboard ($50 New)
450 Watt Generic Power Supply
EVGA 7600 GT
Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 32 Bit
Maxtor 80 GIG 8MB
Pioneer 16DVDR
Someone please recommend some games or game demos or some software program that I can run on both of these to prove that the Conroe is better? Because right now I just dont see it.
Or please help me figure out what is wrong.
Thanks for reading all of this and sorry it's so long. I wanted to be thorough.
Thanks again everyone I sure do appreciate any help.
