AMD vs. Intel with nVidia GPUs

[{OF}Erad]

So, I decided to run a bunch of the 3Dmark tests on all the different PCs I have at the house.

I ran tests on AMD A64 Single and Dual Core CPUs, and the Intel C2D E4300 CPU. Each system's specs are listed with the PC specs, including which graphics card I have in it, and if the test was run on XP SP2, or Vista 32 bit Home Premium. You will notice that some CPU scores are missing in a few of the tests for the AMD A64 3200+ system, including the tests that I ran with the ATI 1650Pro Video Card. I didn't record those before taking that PC apart to install the Intel C2D combo.

The strangest thing is that on some tests the Intel C2D walked all over the rest, and in some tests it was the slowest.

See the test results here: http://www.oldfart.com/ftp/Erad-pics/Benchmarks.mht

UPDATE 3-11.07: I decided to upgrade the RAM on the Intel C2D Setup to DDR2, and, I swapped out the video card for an nVidia 7800GS OC Card. It was the fastest AGP Video card for under $200 US that I could find in a retail store today.

I added 2 more benchmarks and changed the format of the graphs. In this set, the Green bar is the BEST result and the red bar is the WORST result.

What a change.

See the test results here: http://www.oldfart.com/ftp/Erad-pics/Benchmarks533.mht

[ChemicalWarrior]

Wonder how a 7900GS plus E4300 would run.

[Soul]

wth is a MHT file

[{OF}Erad]

Originally Posted by ChemicalWarrior

Wonder how a 7900GS plus E4300 would run.

I wish I could test that, but my 7900GS is PCIe, and the E4300 Mobo is AGP only. Hey, for $158.99 for the CPU, HS+Fan and Mobo, what more could you ask for.

[dudio]

I would like to test the 1st PC further

[ChemicalWarrior]

Erad, if you dont mind could you try much more CPU centric tests such as SuperPI? How about encoding a music or video file? That way you can either conclusively show where the CPUs actually stand, I really do not trust 3DMark no matter how you look at it.

[{OF}Erad]

Originally Posted by ChemicalWarrior

Erad, if you dont mind could you try much more CPU centric tests such as SuperPI? How about encoding a music or video file? That way you can either conclusively show where the CPUs actually stand, I really do not trust 3DMark no matter how you look at it.

Sure! Can you PM me the links to the files that you want me to use to test?Please???

[{OF}Erad]

Originally Posted by Soul

wth is a MHT file

Single Page HTML Page.

It's a format that you can save MS Office Docs in to display as a web page without having to have all embedded items show as additional files.

[ChemicalWarrior]

You can grab SuperPI here. To 1 million decimal places should give a good idea.

I use winLAME for encoding, you can grab it here. Typically encoding a wave file ripped from a CD to MP3.

[{OF}Erad]

Originally Posted by dudio

I would like to test the 1st PC further

I take it, you want to test it at your place, right?