Intel Pentium D 805 - Dual Core on a Budget
by Anand Lal Shimpi on April 7, 2006 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
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The Test
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CPU: | AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2.0GHz/512KBx2) AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8GHz/512KB) AMD Opteron 165 (1.8GHz/1MBx2) AMD Opteron 144 (1.8GHz/1MB) Intel Pentium D 920 (2.8GHz/2MBx2) Intel Pentium D 820 (2.8GHz/1MBx2) Intel Pentium D 805 (2.66GHz/1MBx2) Intel Pentium 4 631 (3.0GHz/2MB) Intel Celeron D 351 (3.2GHz/256KB) |
Motherboard: | ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe |
Chipset: | NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel 945P |
Chipset Drivers: | nForce4 6.70 Intel 7.2.2.1006 |
Hard Disk: | Seagate 7200.9 300GB SATA |
Memory: | OCZ PC3500 DDR 2-2-2-7 DDR2-667 4-4-4-15 |
Video Card: | NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX |
Video Drivers: | NVIDIA ForceWare 84.21 |
Desktop Resolution: | 1280 x 1024 - 32-bit @ 60Hz |
OS: | Windows XP Professional SP2 |
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poohbear - Friday, April 7, 2006 - link
amazing how a dualcore opteron @ the same speeds as a non dual core can have a 30fps increase in quake4! :0 (aside from the extra 1mb cache) hope that's a sign of things to come.Sunrise089 - Friday, April 7, 2006 - link
Coming after the Black and White article, it's easy to see the high and low in AT writing. This artcle was fantastic, especially page 2, where Anand comments on all the possible chips in the low-middle marketplace. It's nice to see my Opteron 144 still able to win a benchmark. How important this info will be with Conroe around the corner is anyone's guess, but it's nice to see all the information put out there so effectively.Now if you will, write up an overclocking story on the Opteron 144, X2 3800+, Pentium D 805, and Pentium 4 3.2ghz.
Calin - Friday, April 7, 2006 - link
And power use for the overclocked 805 is a must :Dthere goes the idea of having a small, silent, somewhat high performance computer with an 805 :(...
Pete84 - Friday, April 7, 2006 - link
Why wasn't the chip overclocked? They supposedly have very good headroom.JarredWalton - Friday, April 7, 2006 - link
Read the last page. That article is in the works.Viditor - Friday, April 7, 2006 - link
As this is the low end, could you guys throw in an overclocked Sempron as well?Just askin...:)
stephenbrooks - Saturday, April 8, 2006 - link
Agree on the Sempron. Also wondering about the new Celeron 355 at 3.33GHz as the poor 351 gets left behind in all those graphs (though it is cheaper - I almost want the $ figure written on the graphs so I can tell if it's a fair competition or not).I wonder why Intel is making no 512KB L2 cache chips?
Questar - Friday, April 7, 2006 - link
Why?This thing would mop the floor with a Sempron.
Viditor - Friday, April 7, 2006 - link
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story, eh? :)
Seriously guys, since Semprons are in this same and slightly lower price range, it would be of great benefit to see a comparison so that we can make some buying decisions.
Cheers!
mino - Friday, April 7, 2006 - link
Actually Sempron 3100+ has about the same performance as A64 3000+.even 2800+ would be faster than 805 in singlethread scenario.
Not saying 805 is bad (actually it is now the best value for money).
Jus your comment is OFF.