Configurazione di prova

Il Core Duo di Intel è da prendere in considerazione per l'elevata efficienza e per i bassi livelli di consumo. Lo abbiamo confrontato con gli "specialisti" dell'efficienza, il Pentium M e il Turion 64, ma anche l'Athlon 64 X2 si difende bene.

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Configurazione di prova

Processori
Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester (2.0 GHz 64+64/512 kB)
Socket 754 AMD Turion 64 MT-40 (2.2 GHz 64+64/1024 kB)
Socket 479 Intel Pentium M 780 (2.26 GHz 32+32/2048 kB)
Socket 479 Intel Core Duo T2600 (2.16 GHz 32+32/2048 kB)
Motherboard
Socket 479 MSI 915GM Speedster

Rev. 1.0 BIOS: 11/22/2005

Chipset: Intel 915GM

Socket 479 AOpen i975Xa-YDG

Rev. 0A BIOS: 02/22/06

Chipset: Intel 975X

Socket 754 MSI K8NGM-V

Rev. 1.0 BIOS: 080012

Chipset: Nvidia GeForce 6100

Socket 939 Biostar TForce 6100-939

Rev. 1.0 BIOS: 03/07/06

Chipset: Nvidia GeForce 6100

Memoria
DDR2-667 2x 512 MB - DDR2-533/667 (400 MHz)

Corsair CM2X512A-5400UL (CL 3.0-2-2-8)

DDR400 2x 512 MB - DDR400 - (200 MHz)

OCZ PC3200 512MB El Dual Channel Platinum Rev 2(CL 2.0-2-2-5 1T)

Hardware comune
Graphics Card (PCIe) ATI Radeon X800XL by MSI

GPU: ATI X800XL (398 MHz)

Memory: 256 MB GDDR3 (986 MHz)

Hard Drive I Western Digital WD740 Raptor

74 GB, 8 MB Cache, 7200 RPM

Hard Drive II Western Digital WD1600 Caviar

160 GB, 16 MB Cache, 7200 RPM

DVD-ROM Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x)
Power Supply OCZ 520-12U Modstream, 520 W
Software
Intel Chipset Intel 7.2.2.1006
Intel Graphic Graphics Driver 14.18
ATI Graphic Catalyst 6.1
Nvidia nForce 4 Forceware 6.7
Nvidia nForce 4 430/410 Forceware 430/410 8.22
Nvidia Graphic Detonator 81.98
DirectX Version: 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
OS Windows XP, Build 2600 SP2

Benchmark e impostazioni

Benchmark e impostazioni
OpenGL
F.E.A.R Version: 1.0 Retail

Video Mode: 1024x768

Computer: High

Graphics Card: medium

Options/Performance/Test settings

Quake 4 Version: 1.0.5 Beta (Dual-Core Patch)

Video Mode: 1280x1024

Medium Quality

timedemo demo4.demo 1 (load textures)

3DMark05 Version 1.2.0

1024x768 - 32 bit

Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark

Video
Mainconcept MPEG Encoder Version: 1.5.1

1.2 GB DV to MPEG II

(720x576, Audio) converting

Pinnacle Studio 10 Plus Version: 10.1.2.2150

from: 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MB

to: 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MB

Encoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2/DVD

no Audio

DivX 6.1 Version: 6.1 (4 Logical CPUs)

High Definition Profile

Multipass, 3000 kBit/s

Encoding mode: Insane Quality

XviD 1.1.0 Version: 1.1.0 Beta 2

Encoding type: Two-pass - Single pass

Profile @ Level: DXN HT PAL

Target size (kbytes): 570000

Audio
Lame MP3 Version 3.97 Beta 2 (11-29-2005)

Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 74 min

wave to mp3

160 kbps

OGG Version 1.1.2 (Intel P4 MOD)

Version 1.1.2 (Intel AMD MOD)

Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 74 min

wave to ogg

Quality: 5

Applicazioni
Winrar Version 3.51

(303 MB, 47 Files, 2 Folders)

Compression = Best

Dictionary = 4096 kB

Autodesk 3D Studio Max Version: 8.0

Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"

HTDV 1920x1080

Sintetici
PCMark05 Pro Version: 1.1

CPU and Memory Tests

SiSoftware Sandra 2005 Version 2005.7.10.60 SR2

CPU Test = MultiMedia / CPU Arithmetic

Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark