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In order to keep the testing as fair as possible, we will use the following test platforms:
Socket AM2:
- Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz 2x 512 KB L2 cache 90nm processor
- Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz 2x 512 KB L2 cache 65nm processor
- ASUS M2N32-SLI motherboard
- Corsair PC2-8500 memory @ 4-4-4-12/2T
- XFX GeForce 7800 GT
- Corsair HX620W power supply
LGA 775:
- Core 2 Duo E4300
- Core 2 Duo E6300
- Core 2 Duo E6400
- Asus P5B-E Premium motherboard
- Corsair PC2-8500 memory @ 4-4-4-12/2T
- XFX GeForce 7800 GT
ASUS' M2N32-SLI motherboard is an excellent performer, and allows us to try very high FSB speeds.
Naturally, we also used a high-end 975X-based motherboard for our LGA775 benchmarking. In this case it was the ASUS P5B-E Premium -- a favourite of ours here.
Software used during testing consisted of the following:
- Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2
- NVIDIA ForceWare 84.21 drivers
- CineBench 2003
- LAME MP3 Encoding
- PC Magazine Business Winstone 2004
- PC Magazine Multimedia Content Creation 2004
- POV-Ray 3.7 beta 13
- RightMark Memory Analyzer
- SiSoft Sandra
- TMPGEnc MPEG2 Encoding
- WinRAR
- Call of Duty
- Comanche 4
- Doom 3
- Far Cry
- Halo
- Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
- Unreal Tournament 2004
Please note that we are showing overclocked results in all the charts - we are not holding you in suspense until the end of the article. :-) We are also presenting you with a FULL set of overclocked benchmarks - our test sytems were all stable at the settings shown with air cooling. Please note that chart labels incorporate a lot of information about the test configuration. The first line shows the socket type and the model of the processor. Since all the processors shown are dual-core devices, we did not specify that on the charts.
The second line shows the "FSB/HT clock rate" x "CPU multiplier" followed by the effective DDR memory speed. Please note that all DDR2 tests were run at 4-4-4-12 timings unless otherwise specified.
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Keep in mind though,....the MN232 mobo in conjunction with a Brisbane cpu will overvolt past the bios setting. Check with a DMM. At 1.5 bios, you are actually pumping closer to 1.55 Vcore into that cpu.
I also fail to see how much more helpful/informative the review would have been with OCed C2D results. All that would show you is that C2Ds overclock like a mother...which we already know.