Here's a rundown of both testbeds, used to test the AMD Athlon 3000+ and the comparison CPU, the Intel 530 processor:
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| The famous Abit A8N Fatal1ty motherboard... |


| System Specifications |
| CPU |
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ "Venice" |
Intel Pentium 4 530 |
| Cooler |
Stock |
| Case |
Antec |
| Motherboard |
Abit A8N Fatal1ty |
Asus P5AD2E-Deluxe |
| Power supply |
CoolerMaster 450W |
| Memory |
2X512MB Corsair DDR400 XMS |
2X512MB OCZ DDR2 PC5300 (dual channel) |
| VGA |
Asus N6800GT PCIe |
| Hard Disk Drive |
WD800JD 80GB 7200RPM |
| OS |
Windows XP Pro SP2 |
| Drivers |
7.1.8.4 |
| DirectX |
v9.0c |
Benchmarks & Applications used
- - Sisoft Sandra 2005
- - Prime95
- - PcMark04
- - PcMark05
- - 3DMark01
- - 3DMark03
- - 3DMark05
- - PassMark Performance Test V5.0
- - Half Life 2 - VST
- - FlaskMPEG
- - DVD Shrink
- - dBPower
- - WinRAR
- - CPU-Z