Legit Processor Reviews
AMD Quad FX System Review with FX-74 Processors
| Manufacturer: | AMD |
| Product: | AMD Quad FX Platform |
| Date: | Wed, Nov 29, 2006 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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Mega-Tasking Benchmarking
- Sony Vegas 7.0 - Took a series of custom short movies and audio files and created a single video with HDV encoding profiles
- WinRar - compression of two files (1GB total size)
- DVD Decryptor - Used on Lord of the Rings
- Downloading Ubuntu Desktop
For this benchmark we ran all the above applications and measured the time it took Sony Vegas 7 to complete. All four cores on the Quad FX system were at 100% load during this testing.
On our custom mega-tasking benchmark we found that the Intel quad-core processor was faster with and without a full load. The Quad FX system didn't do badly, but under load it was half a minute slower. When it comes to a benchmark that takes five minutes to complete 30+ seconds is significant.
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| Review Index |
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Page 1 - AMD 4x4 Gains Traction Against Kentsfield
Page 2 - Up Close Look - FX-74 Page 3 - The Test System Page 4 - Sisoft; Sandra 2007 Page 5 - POV-Ray 3.7 Beta 13a Page 6 - POV-Ray Real-Time Raytracing Page 7 - ScienceMark 2.0 Page 8 - CineBench 9.5 Page 9 - WinRar v3.61 Page 10 - 3dmark2006 Page 11 - Comanche 4 and Quake 4 Page 12 - F.E.A.R. Page 13 - Sony Vegas & Valve Particle Systems Benchmark Page 14 - Mega-Tasking Benchmarking Page 15 - Power Consumption Page 16 - Overclocking The AMD FX-74 CPU Page 17 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions |
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