AMD Athlon 64 FX-60: A Dual-Core farewell to Socket-939
by Anand Lal Shimpi on January 9, 2006 11:59 PM EST- Posted in
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Overall Performance using SYSMark 2004
Office Productivity SYSMark 2004
SYSMark's Office Productivity suite consists of three tests, the first of which is the Communication test. The Communication test consists of the following:
ICC SYSMark 2004
The first category that we will deal with is 3D Content Creation. The tests that make up this benchmark are described below:
Office Productivity SYSMark 2004
SYSMark's Office Productivity suite consists of three tests, the first of which is the Communication test. The Communication test consists of the following:
"The user receives an email in Outlook 2002 that contains a collection of documents in a zip file. The user reviews his email and updates his calendar while VirusScan 7.0 scans the system. The corporate web site is viewed in Internet Explorer 6.0. Finally, Internet Explorer is used to look at samples of the web pages and documents created during the scenario."The next test is Document Creation performance:
"The user edits the document using Word 2002. He transcribes an audio file into a document using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 6. Once the document has all the necessary pieces in place, the user changes it into a portable format for easy and secure distribution using Acrobat 5.0.5. The user creates a marketing presentation in PowerPoint 2002 and adds elements to a slide show template."The final test in our Office Productivity suite is Data Analysis, which BAPCo describes as:
"The user opens a database using Access 2002 and runs some queries. A collection of documents are archived using WinZip 8.1. The queries' results are imported into a spreadsheet using Excel 2002 and are used to generate graphical charts."
ICC SYSMark 2004
The first category that we will deal with is 3D Content Creation. The tests that make up this benchmark are described below:
"The user renders a 3D model to a bitmap using 3ds max 5.1, while preparing web pages in Dreamweaver MX. Then the user renders a 3D animation in a vector graphics format."Next, we have 2D Content Creation performance:
"The user uses Premiere 6.5 to create a movie from several raw input movie cuts and sound cuts and starts exporting it. While waiting on this operation, the user imports the rendered image into Photoshop 7.01, modifies it and saves the results. Once the movie is assembled, the user edits it and creates special effects using After Effects 5.5."The Internet Content Creation suite is rounded up with a Web Publishing performance test:
"The user extracts content from an archive using WinZip 8.1. Meanwhile, he uses Flash MX to open the exported 3D vector graphics file. He modifies it by including other pictures and optimizes it for faster animation. The final movie with the special effects is then compressed using Windows Media Encoder 9 series in a format that can be broadcast over broadband Internet. The web site is given the final touches in Dreamweaver MX and the system is scanned by VirusScan 7.0."
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latrosicarius - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - link
Would have been funny too :-PFuren - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - link
The key word is "faster"... AMD will continue producing socket 939 CPUs for a while yet, we just wont get any speed bumps, kind of like they did with socket 754. I thought we'd get an extra X2 on socket 939 though...Furen - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - link
Is the FX-55 being retired? Or is it just getting a price drop?Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - link
Retired, only the FX-57 and 60 will remain on the market.Take care,
Anand
Rand - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - link
I wish the gaming tests had been done at 640x480 so as to attempt to minimize the graphics cards influence on the results.Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - link
Normally I'm not in favor of running things at that low of a resolution, especially with this pricey of a graphics card, but I am looking at some other options for getting more useful gaming results. Who knows, it may not be too long before we have something in house that's a little less GPU bound to pair up with these ultra-fast CPUs :)I am also considering doing a high end CPU + SLI/Crossfire article to look at exactly what the CPU/GPU balance of today's games happens to be.
But to keep this post short - request heard and understood :)
Take care,
Anand
bob661 - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - link
Aaawwwww sooky sooky!! Come on, give us a little more please!!!!
Questar - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - link
How about using the D3D Null driver?Tytanium - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - link
I would have liked to have seen it running at 14x200 so it had the same clock as an FX-57 though :/, for comparison's sake (dual core and all that)Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - link
We've done dual core vs. single core articles in the past that would be able to give you the answers you're looking for. While they weren't at 2.6GHz, their results are still applicable today.Take care,
Anand