The Test

Performance Test Configuration
Processor(s): AMD Athlon 64 3000+
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
AMD Athlon 64 FX51
Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz EE
Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz EE
Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz
Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz
Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz
Intel Pentium 4 3.2EGHz
Intel Pentium 4 3.0EGHz
Intel Pentium 4 2.8EGHz
RAM: 2 x 512Mb OCZ 3500 Platinum Ltd
2 x 512Mb Mushkin ECC Registered High Performance 2:3:2
Hard Drive(s): Seagate 120GB 7200 RPM (8MB Buffer)
Video AGP & IDE Bus Master Drivers: VIA Hyperion 4.51 (12/02/03)
Intel Chipset Drivers
Video Card(s): Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB (AGP 8X)
Video Drivers: ATI Catalyst 4.10
Operating System(s): Windows XP Professional SP1
Motherboards: Intel D875PBZ (Intel 875P Chipset)
FIC K8-800T (VIA K8T800 Chipset)
ASUS SK8V (VIA K8T800 Chipset)
Prescott’s 2004 Ramp General Usage & Content Creation Performance
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  • Stlr22 - Sunday, February 1, 2004 - link

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  • Stlr22 - Sunday, February 1, 2004 - link

    KristopherKubicki

    Earlier you said that I should read the article.
    What was your point? What was it about my first pot that you disagreed with?
  • KristopherKubicki - Sunday, February 1, 2004 - link

    #7:

    I agree 100% with Anand and Derek. This processor will be a non-event until we get in the 3.6GHz range. Similar to Northwood's launch.

    #10:

    Check out our price engine. We have already been listing the processor a week!

    http://www.anandtech.com/guides/priceguide.htm

    http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant....

  • cliffa3 - Sunday, February 1, 2004 - link

    In the table on page 14 it shows that the 90nm P4@2.8 will have a 533 MHz FSB, but is that the case? I did some quick google research and can't find anything to support that...please confirm or correct, thanks.
  • NFactor - Sunday, February 1, 2004 - link

    Yes, I must agree this is an amazing article, one of the best i have ever read. Thanks.
  • Xentropy - Sunday, February 1, 2004 - link

    VERY interesting article. Thank you Anand and Derek! One of the best I've read on Anandtech, and I consider yours the best hardware site on the net!

    One correction, on page 7, you say, "if you want to multiply a number in binary by 2 you can simply shift the bits of the number to the right by 1 bit," but don't you mean shift to the left one bit (and place a zero at the end)? It's much like multiplying a decimal number by ten for obvious reasons.

    Anyway, it looks like the Prescott is somewhat of a non-event at this time. Just new cores that perform fundamentally the same as the current ones at current speeds. The real news will come later; Intel has just positioned itself for one hell of a speed ramp to come. Northwood was clearly at the end of the line. One analogy, I suppose, would be that Intel didn't fire any shots in the CPU war today, but they loaded their guns in preparation to fire.

    The coming year will be an exciting one for us hardware geeks. I'm interested in seeing how higher clocked Prescotts play out as well as whether anything 64-bit shows up before 2005 to support AMD's stance that we need it NOW.

    Again, thanks for a very thorough article!
  • Stlr22 - Sunday, February 1, 2004 - link

    KristopherKubicki

    So what's your take on these new Prescotts?
  • KristopherKubicki - Sunday, February 1, 2004 - link

    Anand scolded me for not reading the article :( I only read the conclusion and the graphs. Turns out the decision making isnt as clearcut as it sounds.

    As for the thing with the inquirer. Well, lots of people had prescotts. We had one back in August I believe. The thing is they were horribly slow - 533FSB 2.8GHz. Everyone drew the conclusion that these were purposely slowed processors that were jsut for engineering purposes. While the inq benched this processor, most people didnt just becuase they were under the impression this was not to be the final production model. Hope that clears up some discrepancy about the validity.

    Cheers,

    Kristopher
  • wicktron - Sunday, February 1, 2004 - link

    Hehe, I guess the Inq was right about this one. Where are all the Inq bashers and their claim of "fake" benchies? Haha, I laugh.
  • Stlr22 - Sunday, February 1, 2004 - link

    KristopherKubicki - "read the article..."


    lol that might be a good idea, as I only broswed it and read the conclusion. :D

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