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| How We Tested |
During our benchmarking sessions we used the configuration listed below. Between our benchmarking sessions the only variable device was the CPU being tested and the motherboard, as AMD and Intel CPU’s require different motherboard types. Hardware Configuration Software Configuration - Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit
- Service Pack 1
Driver Versions - nVidia video driver version: 175.19
- Intel Inf chipset driver version: 8.3.1.1009
- AMD chipset driver version: 3.0.642.0
Used Software Some Information About our Methodology Since we were reviewing entry-level CPUs, we also used an entry-level video card, a GeForce 8500 GT. Because of that, you cannot compare the results published on this review with results published on our other reviews, where we used a different video card. Even though we had DDR2-1066 memories, we configured them as DDR2-800 units, for two reasons. First, entry-level PCs won’t use DDR2-1066 memories and, second, Athlon X2 can only access memories up to 800 MHz. Also, we made sure that with both AMD and Intel CPUs the memories were running at the same speed (800 MHz) and timings (5-5-5-18). Since the reviewed Athlon X2 4600+ doesn’t suffer from the memory divider problem (see introduction for more details), memories were really running at 800 MHz with this CPU. Error Margin We adopted a 3% error margin. Thus differences below 3% cannot be considered relevant. In other words, products with a performance difference below 3% should be considered as having similar performance. |
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