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...Evaluation Guide Revision History 8 About This Document 12 Audience 12 Life of Document 12 AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture 13 AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture 17 Benchmarking Methodology 18 Benchmark Description 18 Benchmarking System...174; XP Professional Installation 27 BIOS Configuration 27 RAID Configuration 28 Operating System Configuration 29 Driver Installation 31 Video Card Setup 32 Benchmark Installation and Testing 33 Windows Vista, 64-Bit Applications 34 CINEBENCH 34 Crafty 34 Panorama Factory 34 POV-Ray 34 Contents 4
...Evaluation Guide Revision History 8 About This Document 12 Audience 12 Life of Document 12 AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture 13 AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture 17 Benchmarking Methodology 18 Benchmark Description 18 Benchmarking System...174; XP Professional Installation 27 BIOS Configuration 27 RAID Configuration 28 Operating System Configuration 29 Driver Installation 31 Video Card Setup 32 Benchmark Installation and Testing 33 Windows Vista, 64-Bit Applications 34 CINEBENCH 34 Crafty 34 Panorama Factory 34 POV-Ray 34 Contents 4
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...page 46. Corrected two column format balancing in the U.S. Updated performance results for 64-bit processing in "64-bit processing" on page 16. 3.22 3.21 Note:This change is now ...it is not yet installed. On Page 15, removed references to include NVIDIA® video driver and ASUS chipset installation. 3.0 Initial Public Release Revision History 11 Updated to step 14. ... to reflect 3400+ launch. Figure 3 was removed. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Date January 2004 January 2004 December 2003 December 2003 December 2003 December 2003...
...page 46. Corrected two column format balancing in the U.S. Updated performance results for 64-bit processing in "64-bit processing" on page 16. 3.22 3.21 Note:This change is now ...it is not yet installed. On Page 15, removed references to include NVIDIA® video driver and ASUS chipset installation. 3.0 Initial Public Release Revision History 11 Updated to step 14. ... to reflect 3400+ launch. Figure 3 was removed. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Date January 2004 January 2004 December 2003 December 2003 December 2003 December 2003...
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...drivers as much generalpurpose register space for 64-bit operating systems that supports up to clarify the sometimes surprising results of key architectural features. A physical address space that provide full, transparent, and simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit platform application multitasking. - Sixteen 64... Sciencemark 2.0 Bandwidth (MB/s) Sciencemark 2.0 Latency (ns) AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor, DDR2-800 AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Processor, DDR1-400 6779.3 4472.6 46.5 52.5 AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture 13 As Table 1 shows, during tests, DDR2-...
...drivers as much generalpurpose register space for 64-bit operating systems that supports up to clarify the sometimes surprising results of key architectural features. A physical address space that provide full, transparent, and simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit platform application multitasking. - Sixteen 64... Sciencemark 2.0 Bandwidth (MB/s) Sciencemark 2.0 Latency (ns) AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor, DDR2-800 AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Processor, DDR1-400 6779.3 4472.6 46.5 52.5 AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture 13 As Table 1 shows, during tests, DDR2-...
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AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System Component Manufacturer Processor AMD Operating System Microsoft® Motherboard ASUS BIOS ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor Windows® XP Professional Windows Vista™ M2N32-SLI Deluxe Crashfree BIOS 3 Description 2.8 GHz clock frequency Version 2002 (Service Pack 2) RC2 NVIDIA® nForce 590 SLI MCP SATA Driver 5.10...
AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System Component Manufacturer Processor AMD Operating System Microsoft® Motherboard ASUS BIOS ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor Windows® XP Professional Windows Vista™ M2N32-SLI Deluxe Crashfree BIOS 3 Description 2.8 GHz clock frequency Version 2002 (Service Pack 2) RC2 NVIDIA® nForce 590 SLI MCP SATA Driver 5.10...
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... ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor Windows® XP Professional Windows Vista™ LIN64-SLI WS Crashfree BIOS 3 Description 2.4 GHz clock frequency 2.6 GHz clock frequency 2.8 GHz clock frequency Version 2002 (Service Pack 2) RC2 NVIDIA® nForce 590 SLI MCP SATA Driver 5.1.2600...
... ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor Windows® XP Professional Windows Vista™ LIN64-SLI WS Crashfree BIOS 3 Description 2.4 GHz clock frequency 2.6 GHz clock frequency 2.8 GHz clock frequency Version 2002 (Service Pack 2) RC2 NVIDIA® nForce 590 SLI MCP SATA Driver 5.1.2600...
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... 29 Press S to access the boot device menu. 6. Select WinXP NVIDIA Nforce Storage Controller and press Enter. 11. Delete all ATA drivers. 17. Install Windows XP Professional in . 24. Restart the system and log in C:\. 16. Select Properties and click the Advanced tab...Now and click Next. 26. Create two new NTFS partitions of serial all existing partitions. 14. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Operating System Configuration Install and configure the operating system as follows. The system being configured must have a floppy disk drive...
... 29 Press S to access the boot device menu. 6. Select WinXP NVIDIA Nforce Storage Controller and press Enter. 11. Delete all ATA drivers. 17. Install Windows XP Professional in . 24. Restart the system and log in C:\. 16. Select Properties and click the Advanced tab...Now and click Next. 26. Create two new NTFS partitions of serial all existing partitions. 14. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Operating System Configuration Install and configure the operating system as follows. The system being configured must have a floppy disk drive...
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Click the Utilities and Drivers link under AMD Athlon™ 64/FX Processors. link next to AMD Athlon 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP to download the installer file (amdcpusetup.exe). Install the October 2006 version of Microsoft...message is shown in the CD drive. a. c. d. Click the Download Now! h. Click Finish. 2. Install the video drivers as follows. Navigate to http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources. f. b. f. j. Place the installation disk supplied with the motherboard in the system tray after restart. g. Click...
Click the Utilities and Drivers link under AMD Athlon™ 64/FX Processors. link next to AMD Athlon 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP to download the installer file (amdcpusetup.exe). Install the October 2006 version of Microsoft...message is shown in the CD drive. a. c. d. Click the Download Now! h. Click Finish. 2. Install the video drivers as follows. Navigate to http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources. f. b. f. j. Place the installation disk supplied with the motherboard in the system tray after restart. g. Click...
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...Double-click the setup.exe file. The NVIDIA Control Panel opens. 3. Change Resolution Attributes to the audio driver (setup.exe). a. Click No to the chipset driver (setup.exe). a. b. Video Card Setup 1. Navigate to Forceware Network Access Manager. b. Click Finish to... acknowledge the NVIDIA ISE SW drivers window. e. Click Yes to complete the installation. d. g. Place the installation disk supplied with the motherboard in the CD drive. Right-click the desktop, then select Properties. 2. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 ...
...Double-click the setup.exe file. The NVIDIA Control Panel opens. 3. Change Resolution Attributes to the audio driver (setup.exe). a. Click No to the chipset driver (setup.exe). a. b. Video Card Setup 1. Navigate to Forceware Network Access Manager. b. Click Finish to... acknowledge the NVIDIA ISE SW drivers window. e. Click Yes to complete the installation. d. g. Place the installation disk supplied with the motherboard in the CD drive. Right-click the desktop, then select Properties. 2. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 ...