Testbed and Methods

We used the following equipment to assemble test platforms for our AMD Socket AM2 processor test session:

• CPUs:
  • AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 (Socket AM2, 2.8GHz, 2x1MB L2);
  • AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 (Socket 939, 2.6GHz, 2x1MB L2);
  • AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (Socket AM2, 2.6GHz, 2x512KB L2);
  • AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ (Socket 939, 2.4GHz, 2x1MB L2);
  • Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 (LGA775, 3.76GHz, 2x2MB L2).
  • Intel Pentium D 960 (LGA775, 3.6GHz, 2x2MB L2).
• Mainboards:
  • ASUS P5WD2-E Premium (LGA775, Intel 975X Express);
  • ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe (Socket AM2, NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI);
  • DFI LANParty UT CFX3200-DR (Socket 939, ATI CrossFire CFX3200).
• Memory:
  • 2048MB DDR400 SDRAM (Corsair CMX1024-3500LLPRO, 2 x 1024 MB, 2-3-2-10);
  • 2048MB DDR2-800 SDRAM (Mushkin XP2-6400PRO , 2 x 1024 MB , 4-4-4-12).
• Graphics card: PowerColor X1900 XTX 512MB (PCI-E x16).
• HDD: Maxtor MaXLine III 250GB (SATA150).
• OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP2 with DirectX 9.0c.

The tests were performed with the mainboard BIOS setup for maximum performance.