AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Processor Review

Test System

Testing Procedure:

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows XP Professional build 2600 with Service Pack 2 and DirectX 9.0c. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. All of the modules were run in dual channel mode! The memory on the Intel test platform was run at 667MHz DDR2 for all the processors with 3-3-3 timings. The memory on the AMD motheboard was run at 400MHz DDR1 with 2-3-2-6 timings.

Here is the AMD Test platform:

AMD Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	AMD Athlon 64 FX-60	Click Here
Motherboard	ASUS AN832-SLI Deluexe	Click Here
Video Card	BFG Tech 7800GTX	Click Here
Hard Drive	Western Digital 250MB	Click Here
Cooling	Corsair COOL	Click Here
Power Supply	OCZ 600W Powerstream	Click Here
Operating System	Windows XP Professional	Click Here

Here is the Intel Test Platform:

Intel Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Pentium 955	Click Here
Motherboard	Intel D975XBX	Click Here
Video Card	BFG Tech 7800GTX	Click Here
Hard Drive	Western Digital 250MB	Click Here
Cooling	Corsair COOL	Click Here
Power Supply	OCZ 600W Powerstream	Click Here
Operating System	Windows XP Professional	Click Here

Let’s move on and take a look at the testing!

Power Consumption at Idle:

The AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 system needs 179Watts to idle, which is only 6Watts more over the previous dual-core processor from AMD. The Intel 955 consumes the most at 185Watss thanks to the 4MB cache that is on board.