Linuxathome.net - Linux news and help for home broadband internet users
 Home | Files | Case Mods | Reviews | Forum | Search | Links | RDF Feed | Contact
Sections

Installation Guide
Setting Up
Internet Sharing
Port Forwarding
Services Config
Installing Programs
Game Servers
Using IPTables
Useful Commands
Kernel Upgrading
System Recovery
Red Hat 7.2 Setup
OpenBSD Setup
BPA Login Setup
PPPoE Setup
Add New Hardware
Using PPTP VPN
VMware ESX Cmds
Our RC5 Team
Folding@Home
Help Support Us

 
Articles
Linux Security
NetStats FAQ
Linux KIS Trojan
CAT5/LAN Cables
Domain Names
Presario RH Install APC Debian DVD
 
Slashdot.org
  • Privacy Complaint Targets Google Over Unsolicited Ad Emails
  • Psychedelics Help People With Alcoholism Drink Less
  • Japan Signals Return To Nuclear Power To Stabilize Energy Supply
  • Korea Shatters Its Own Record for World's Lowest Fertility Rate
  • New Aluminum-Sulfur Battery Tech Offers Full Charging In Under a Minute
  • New York State Bill Would Require Speed Limiting Tech In New Cars
  • Notorious DRM Company Takes Aim At Switch Piracy
  • Hackers Are Breaking Into and Emptying Cash App Accounts
  • New Film 'BlackBerry' To Explore Rise and Fall of Canadian Smartphone
  • Chattanooga, Tennessee offers America's First Community-Wide 25 Gig Internet Service
  • California To Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars
  • Experts Warn of Widespread Exploitation Involving Hikvision Cameras
  • Google Pixel Sees Huge Sales Growth, Has 2% of North American Market
  • Bay Area Startup Wants To Make Call Center Workers Sound 'White and American'
  • Biden is Canceling Up To $10K in Student Loans, $20K For Pell Grant Recipients
  •  
    Affiliates

    TweakTown.com
    ZGeek.com
    pebkac-consulting.com.au

      AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Review

     
     Date: December 11th, 2002
     Type: Review
     Supplier: AMD
     Author: mayhem
     RRP: $685 AUS (inc GST)

    Test System
    AMD were nice enough to supply an almost complete testing solution, which made it much easier to push the XP 2600+ (although this system is probably what they recommend as an ideal performance system, it still gives performance readings for system specifications that most people aim for today).

    The test system we used was the AMD supplied setup which comprised of the following high quality components:

    AMD Athlon XP 2600+ with supplied Taisol HSF
    Epox EP-8KEA+ KT333 Mainboard
    2 x 256MB TwinMOS PC2700 Memory (Winbond Modules)

    We used the ATi Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB as our benchmark graphics card for this review as the price keeps dropping for this card and with the upcoming release of the NV30 we wanted to see the true potential of a gaming system of today's standard.

    The system was installed with Windows XP Professional which included Service Pack 1, the latest VIA 4 in 1 drivers (1.44v) and the latest ATi Catalyst drivers (2.4) for compatibility and stability.

    The usual array of performance and gaming benchmarks were used and you can see the results with and without overclocking the system here:

    3DMark 2001SE

    As you can see by the above results, the system is capable out of the box of achieving close to 14,000 3D Marks. The potential of the CPU is greatly shown by the increase in performance given by a small overclock.

    PCMark 2002 - CPU Test

    PCMark 2002 Pro CPU Test gives a bit of an indication of the "number crunching" power of a CPU.

    SiSoft Sandra 2003

    The above results show a good comparison between the AMD Athlon XP 2600+ and its closest Intel Pentium 4 rivals. From the CPU Arithmetic Benchmarks that the ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit) of the AMD chip is far more powerful than even the 2.66 GHz Northwood Pentium 4, even the FPU (Floating Point Unit) of the AMD chips is above spec of its Intel equivalents. Overall we can see that the XP 2600+ is a very close comparable processor to the Intel Pentium 2.66 GHz CPU, which shows just why AMD had chosen their "P-Rating" system (eg. 2600 ~= 2660 etc).

    NEXT: More Testing and Conclusion

     

      Supplier Information

     

    AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets. If you would like more information on the company then please visit there site: www.amd.com.

    Proudly Hosted By:
    Hosted by PEBKAC Consulting

    Please read our Legal Notice for information concerning our site and its content.
    All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner. All the rest © 2000 - 2016 by Linuxathome.net

    Reviews

    D-Link DI-704P
    VIA EPIA-M 9000
    Tux Applique
    Ricoh MP5125A
    AMD XP 2600+
    3DProphet 9000Pro
    Radeon 9700 Pro
    XTNDAccess IrDA
    Netgear FS-524s
    DSR2161 KVM
    Game TheaterXP & XPS-510 Speakers
    3D Prophet 4000XT
    AutoView 400
    Back-UPS CS 350
    Dual Neon Kit
    SwitchView KVM
    20x4 LCD Kit
    Window Kit

     
    Kuro5hin.org
    XML error: Attribute without value at line 2.
     
    Google Search
    Enter Keywords:

     
    Bash Jokes

    %touch me
    %chmod 000 me
    %touch me


    touch: cannot touch me: permission denied

     
    Virtualization, Virtual Machine & Virtual Server Consolidation - VMware

    The Community ENTerprise Operating System

    Get Slackware Linux

    Use OpenOffice.org

    Use Asterisk