Value Processors Shootout

[Asus]

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As we are to compare low end processors, it would be logical to confine ourselves in game tests to a video card, which is not very productive: it's easy to imagine a low end video card bought for a computer with a top processor, but the contrary situation is hardly ever possible. The editors decided to use a video card based on ATI Radeon 9600 Pro. Of course we could have taken another model or tested several video cards, the list of main contenders in this test could also have been edited till all is blue. But in our opinion, the existing results, which may fail to satisfy everybody, are still better than "a bird in the bush", which could have been caught in a couple of years. In much the same way the editors decided to choose the top mainboards (based on i865PE with PAT and NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400) for the testbeds, while the memory selected has unideal timings. Note that the results of a 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 are provided not for a direct comparison with low end models, but at multiple requests of our readers, who want to see "exactly how much they lose".

Indeed a Value shootout. A good look at those offerings compared.

Testbed configuration:

* CPUs:
o AMD Duron 1.6 GHz, Socket A
o AMD Sempron 2400+ (1.67 GHz, 333 MHz bus, 256 KB L2 Cache), Socket A
o AMD Sempron 2600+ (1.83 GHz, 333 MHz bus, 256 KB L2 Cache), Socket A
o AMD Sempron 2800+ (2 GHz, 333 MHz bus, 256 KB L2 Cache), Socket A
o AMD Sempron 3100+ (1.8 GHz, 256 KB L2 Cache), Socket 754
o AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2 GHz, 266 MHz bus, 256 KB L2 Cache), Socket A
o AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (2.08 GHz, 333 MHz bus, 512 KB L2 Cache), Socket A
o AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (2.2 GHz, 400 MHz bus, 512 KB L2 Cache), Socket A
o AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache), Socket 754
o Intel Celeron D 320 (2.4 GHz), Socket 478
o Intel Celeron D 330 (2.67 GHz), Socket 478
o Intel Celeron D 335 (2.8 GHz), Socket 478
o Intel Pentium 4 3.4 GHz, Socket 478
o Intel Pentium 4 3.4E GHz, Socket 478

 

[[Matt]]

Digit life do some of the best benchmarks on the net right now...

And I still think sempron is a ****ing stupid name for a CPU.... i mean Sempron!! WTF?

 

[Asus]

haha yeah.

Sempron is described by AMD as derived from the word Semper (Latin for "always"); strong, though, robust. Maybe the derivation from a Latin word suggests strong long term marketing for South American markets? "Siempre" in Spanish means "always". In Portuguese, the official language of Brazil, the word "always" translates even better to the word "Sempre".

Of course you will always think Sempr0n.