AM2 X2 4600+ with DDR2 667 brief test...

[VictorWang]

after 6hours fight with my AM2 rigs...
I'm back.

[Salvador]

after 6hours fight with my AM2 rigs...
I'm back.

who won?

[NiCKE^]

Stay away from en Vic! They bite! :P

[Kjaks]

after 6hours fight with my AM2 rigs...
I'm back.

Are they the 35W models??

[VictorWang]

Stay away from en Vic! They bite! :P

most benchmark results of AM2 system is funny.

since I couldn't post screenshots ( maybe cause trouble with AMD )
I can only tell in words:

cpu @ 225*12=2700mhz (multiplier cannot be changed in the bios)
AMD's Stock cooler , vcore=1.32v~1.36v varies
ram @ 333mhz 5-5-5-5-15 1T 1GB*2 dualchannel
mobo = nv C51G
OS=xpsp2 with patch + nv 8.252 drivers


pi_1m=39.8sec(conroe 2.4G=21.25sec)
pcmark05 cputest=5510(conroe 2.4G=6101)
3dmark03 cputest=1073(conroe 2.4G=1413)
3Dmark05 cputest=5582(conroe 2.4G=8320)
scienmark2.0=1454(conroe 2.4G=1310)
pi_fast=46.03/58.44(conroe 2.4G=32.55/40.41)
sisoft alu=24220/11022
sisoft multi=51287/55489
sisoft mem=6919/6826
sisoft cache=7432

[d@rkn1ko]

39.8 @ 2.7ghz ? venice can make 31@2.7 ??

[mzs_biteme]

most benchmark results of AM2 system is funny.

since I couldn't post screenshots ( maybe cause trouble with AMD )
I can only tell in words:

cpu @ 225*12=2700mhz (multiplier cannot be changed in the bios)
AMD's Stock cooler , vcore=1.32v~1.36v varies
ram @ 333mhz 5-5-5-5-15 1T 1GB*2 dualchannel
mobo = nv C51G
OS=xpsp2 with patch + nv 8.252 drivers


pi_1m=39.8sec(conroe 2.4G=21.25sec)
pcmark05 cputest=5510(conroe 2.4G=6101)
3dmark03 cputest=1073(conroe 2.4G=1413)
3Dmark05 cputest=5582(conroe 2.4G=8320)
scienmark2.0=1454(conroe 2.4G=1310)
pi_fast=46.03/58.44(conroe 2.4G=32.55/40.41)
sisoft alu=24220/11022
sisoft multi=51287/55489
sisoft mem=6919/6826
sisoft cache=7432

Great job Vic!!!!
Thanks for the update.

Mike S.

PS
was 225 fsb the highest you can go? You think it's mobo or CPU problem?

[PetNorth]

39.8 @ 2.7ghz ? venice can make 31@2.7 ??

I guess 5-5-5-15 kill it

[the farmer]

The first 3DMark05 run on Conroe was 3008, so give VW time and we'll see what happen...

[VictorWang]

39.8 @ 2.7ghz ? venice can make 31@2.7 ??

ya, very funny

[n91htmare]

ya, very funny

what amd chip do you have? which AM2? whats it stock speed?

[VictorWang]

my AM2 x2 4600+ (stock 200*12 / 512kb*2)
overclk to 225*12=2.7G
is the higest stable clk at vcore=1.35v
there are no options to change the vcore or lower the m/p, so I have to test all the thing under those stupid settings.

anyway, better have than nth.
my conroe sys cannot overclk at all

[Pinnacle]

my AM2 x2 4600+ (stock 200*12 / 512kb*2)

You got a AM2 ?

Are ya gonna benchmark it or has it already been posted?

Yup found the benchmarks

[n91htmare]

my AM2 x2 4600+ (stock 200*12 / 512kb*2)
overclk to 225*12=2.7G
is the higest stable clk at vcore=1.35v
there are no options to change the vcore or lower the m/p, so I have to test all the thing under those stupid settings.

anyway, better have than nth.
my conroe sys cannot overclk at all

Why won't AMD up the L2 Cache? why still use 512k*2?

Why is it slower than the 939 counterparts?

What's going on here lol.

Also, is the overclocking on Conroe limited to the board..Is it an Intel branded board with no OC options? or can you jsut OC the conroe at ALL!

[savantu]

AM2 sucks plain and simple.

K8 wasn't BW starved even in dual core and 6.4GBs.The low latency of DDR1 did wonders and the high latency of DDR2 will be a problem in at least matching socket 939 performance.

[iboomalot]

hummm 39 secs thats sad so is 5-5-5 timings why not use better timings but then again you are having problems so that explains alot.

my 4400+ is around 30-31 at 2.7 and as low as 28s as in my sig.

Still impressive conroe results

keep up the good work

[artissco]

interesting results... and how high is AM2 temp?

[VictorWang]

hummm 39 secs thats sad so is 5-5-5 timings why not use better timings but then again you are having problems so that explains alot.

my 4400+ is around 30-31 at 2.7 and as low as 28s as in my sig.

Still impressive conroe results

keep up the good work

steve says that maybe a underclock problem

temps are good. 35c under load (ambient=24c)

[PMAer]

Uhm.. errr...

Interesting AM2 benchies you've got VictorWang..

[PMAer]

I guess the mem latencies obviously hurt mem performance..

But as we can see, the fact that you can OC it at all is indeed a huge achievement since the conroe setup wouldn't even budge a bit.

Spi aside, your results seem to be similar to what HKEPC's inital AM2 vs s939 comparison showed..

AMD better work up a bit before the June launch

[nCrusader]

Thank you very much Victor for your work to bring us these numbers!
But why did you overklock the X2?

[savantu]

At stock speed it would have been very ugly against Conroe while being more expensive...

[savantu]

the spi time doesn't sound right

with es sample on hkpec they got 35sec at 2.4ghz and 5-5-5-15..

That was 4800+ , had 1MB L2 and DDR2 800.

[Donnie27]

steve says that maybe a underclock problem

temps are good. 35c under load (ambient=24c)

Very nice work Victor, get some rest and then give us more

[Donnie27]

That was 4800+ , had 1MB L2 and DDR2 800.

Yup!