Configurazioni di prova

Confronto tra il nuovo AMD 890GX e il vecchio 790GX.

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Configurazioni di prova

AMD’s new chipset promises big performance increases with its Radeon HD 4290 graphics core and built-in SATA 6Gb/s controller. Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI sent their latest motherboards to help us find out how well 890GX and SB850 deliver on those promises.

Configurazione di prova
CPU AMD Phenom X4 955 Black Edition

3.20 GHz, 6.0 MB Cache

RAM Kingston KHX2133C9D3T1K2/4GX (4GB)

DDR3-2133 at DDR3-1333 CAS 7-7-7-20

Grafica integrata Radeon HD 4290 at default settings

128MB Sideport RAM, Automatic shared RAM allocation

Grafica discreta Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1GB

725 MHz GPU, GDDR5-4000

Hard Disk sistema Western Digital Velociraptor WD3000HLFS, 300GB

10,000 RPM, SATA 3Gb/s, 16 MB cache

Hard Disk vuoto Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB SATA 6Gb/s
Audio Integrated HD Audio
Rete Integrated Gigabit Networking
Alimentatore Corsair CMPSU-850HX 850W Modular

ATX12V v2.2, EPS12V, 80-Plus Gold

Software
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Graphics and Chipset AMD Catalyst 10.3 Preview

Test controller integrato
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign, Act III, Second Sun (45 sec. FRAPS)

Test Set 1: Highest Settings, No AA

Test Set 2: Highest Settings, 4x AA

Crysis Patch 1.2.1, DirectX 10, 64-bit executable, benchmark tool

Low Quality, No AA, 1280x720

Dirt 2 Demo In-game benchmark

Ultra Low Quality Preset, No AA, 1280x720

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Pripyat Call Of Pripyat Benchmark version

Minimum Preset, DX10 EFDL, No AA, 1280x720

h2benchw 3.13 Sequential Reads and Writes (KB/s)

Configurazione benchmark
Giochi 3D
Crysis Patch 1.2.1, DirectX 10, 64-bit executable, benchmark tool

Test Set 1: High Quality, No AA

Test Set 2: Very High Quality, 4x AA

Dirt 2 Demo In-game benchmark

Test Set 1: High Quality Preset, No AA

Test Set 2: Ultra Quality Preset, 4x AA

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign, Act III, Second Sun (45 sec. FRAPS)

Test Set 1: Highest Settings, No AA

Test Set 2: Highest Settings, 4x AA

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Pripyat Call Of Pripyat Benchmark version

Test Set 1: High Preset, DX11 EFDL, No AA

Test Set 2: Ultra Preset, DX11 EFDL, 4x MSAA

Codifica Audio/Video
iTunes Version:9.0.2.25 x64

Audio CD (Terminator II SE), 53 min

Default format AAC

Handbrake 0.9.4 Version 0.9.4, convert first .vob file from The Last Samurai (1.0 GB) to .mp4, High Profile
TMPEGEnc 4.0 XPress Version: 4.7.3.292

Import File: Terminator 2 SE DVD (5 Minutes)

Resolution: 720x576 (PAL) 16:9

DivX Codec 6.9.1 Encoding mode: Insane Quality

Enhanced multithreading enabled using SSE4

Quarter-pixel search

XviD 1.2.2 Display encoding status = off
MainConcept Reference 1.6.1 MPEG2 to MPEG2 (H.264), MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec, 28 sec HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG2), Audio: MPEG2 (44.1 kHz, 2 Channel, 16-Bit, 224 kbp/s), Mode: PAL (25 FPS)
Produttività
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Version: 11.0 x64, Filter 15.7 MB TIF Image

Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates

Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 Version: 11.0 x64, Rendering Dragon Image at 1920x1080 (HDTV)
Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 9.0 Version: 9.0.663, Virus base: 270.14.1/2407, Benchmark: Scan 334 MB Folder of ZIP/RAR compressed files
WinRAR 3.90 Version x64 3.90, Dictionary = 4,096 KB, Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB)
7-Zip Version 4.65: Format=Zip, Compression=Ultra, Method=Deflate, Dictionary Size=32KB, Word Size=128, Threads=8

Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB)

Benchmark sintetici e impostazioni
3DMark Vantage Version: 1.0.1, GPU and CPU scores
PCMark Vantage Version: 1.0.1.0 x64, System, Productivity, Hard Disk Drive benchmarks
SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Version 2010.1.16.11, CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMedia, Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark