New AMD Athlon 64 (HAMMER)!

[vaporize]

Maybe you guys already know this but this is the first time I read about the performance of Athlon 64 and I was disapointed by what I saw. Take a look at the reviews and decide for yourself:

-http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1596/
"we measured a mere average 42fps and maximum fps around the 55?60fps mark" (UT2K3 w/ti4600, default game settings)

-http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8313
"3dmark 2001SE scored 7913." (w/ ti4600)"

-http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64_9.html
"Athlon 64 2800+ is again not only behind Pentium 4 2.8C, but also behind Athlon XP 2800+."

The final processor is probably going to be a little bit faster but i dont think it can beat out the current cpus that easily.

 

[mechBgon]

Look again, mon frere... here

We always knew that the AMD processor could do much better than the appalling 3dmark 2001SE of 7913 and we were right. The Athlon 64 at 1.8 GHz this time, 200 MHz faster than the one we tested before, combined with a Radeon 9700 should give a Pentium 4 a run for its money.

For some reason the Nvidia card didn't run as fast as it could on the Hammer we tinkered with in Hanover. At least it didn't with the VIA board but Radeon runs them just fine on it.

This setup easily passes the 15000 line and gets very close to 16000 in 1024x768. That is a score that should be in the range of new P4s.

Hammer is also expected to run 10%-15% faster on 64-bit-optomized games/OS. Don't give up hope just yet, nForce3 Pro150 reviews shouldn't be too far away.

 

[Tab]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Look again, mon frere... here

We always knew that the AMD processor could do much better than the appalling 3dmark 2001SE of 7913 and we were right. The Athlon 64 at 1.8 GHz this time, 200 MHz faster than the one we tested before, combined with a Radeon 9700 should give a Pentium 4 a run for its money.

For some reason the Nvidia card didn't run as fast as it could on the Hammer we tinkered with in Hanover. At least it didn't with the VIA board but Radeon runs them just fine on it.

This setup easily passes the 15000 line and gets very close to 16000 in 1024x768. That is a score that should be in the range of new P4s.

Hammer is also expected to run 10%-15% faster on 64-bit-optomized games/OS. Don't give up hope just yet, nForce3 Pro150 reviews shouldn't be too far away.

This chirstmas will pwn!

 

[mrman3k]

Not really, I hate to break it to you guys, but I am willing to bet that this really will indicate how the A64 will perform. I am betting that not until AMD goes to 90nm will the Hammer procs be anything great.

Go to overclockers.com and read up on what Ed has been saying and you will really get a good unbiased view towards what is happening in the CPU arena.

 

[dannybin1742]

i'd rather buy an opteron and an nforce 3 pro board and oc that if it will ever become possible

 

[Byte]

AMD better get their act together, or Intel will pound them to the ground again. I wish i could say "wait for a better motherboard," but we all know that motherboards won't help AMD much this time around.