REVIEWS THG stress test amd dual core and intel dual core

[[XC] leviathan18]

thg is making again their stress test but now to dual core setups so far intel has 2 reboots amd 1

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050603/index.html

[Hans.Gruber]

thg is making again their stress test but now to dual core setups so far intel has 2 reboots amd 1

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050603/index.html

Reboot counter doesn't work properly, Intel has booted at least 4 times it also crashes apps all the time, and AMD keeps on running.
Intel seems to be throttling also, and temps are so low for intel that it makes me suspicious.
AND Intel managed to encode Divx movie several minutes with 0% CPU usage.. amazing

AMD has PSU that is faulty, 12v is often at 11.2v and that is too low.

[Cooper]

Hans.Gruber I see you follow this test hole time. Nice work. The results looks suspicious to me too. It looks like Intel only converts movie. But as you sad apps crashes all the time, that I might just guess that DivX works rather stable. And Intel puts all it`s power on that.

[[XC] leviathan18]

and some ppl says that thg reviews are good :/ i just put this because is interesting to see how they work under extreme load.

the last stress test was the same problem with psu

[Hans.Gruber]

i just put this because is interesting to see how they work under extreme load.

I would be much more intrested if they were testing 2-4 way servers that run SQL and some PHP or ASP.
Also they should use multiple systems like 3 for each, but NO self built systems, but something from large trusted OEM's.

THG reliability testing is mostly dependent of the software, and first person shooters are NOT made to run 24/7.

btw. that choice of music is quite intresting, maybe it tells us something about THG..

[Charles Wirth]

That is about the most retarded stress test.

Using the BTX heatsink without BTX case and shroud. Lets take the cooling shroud off our car radiator and drive it across the desert.

They did that last time. Someone needs to give them a clue about BTX standard.

[[XC] leviathan18]

they are using the btx heatsink ????? i tought it was the normal one

[Charles Wirth]

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/2005...s/cooling2.jpg

Yep BTX and no shroud...

Of course it is going to fail, that is what they want.

The memory modules being used this time are from OCZ - 1 GB DDR400 (CL2.0-2-2-5) for the AMD platform

1 GB DDRII-667 (CL4.0-4-4-5) for the Intel system.

I am sure sure they are making OCZ look good with this. I am also sure they have the memory at DDR400 at those timings.

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/2005...es/memory1.jpg

[[XC] leviathan18]

sorry fugger that is not the normal cooler that comes in retail box now???

the btx is not with a black box like a tunnel or im wrong?

[Hans.Gruber]

Yep BTX and no shroud...

To me it looks nothing like BTX cooler, fins are different..
P4 BTX cooler

Of course it is going to fail, that is what they want.

They want Intel to fail ? At THG ??

I believe it's exact opposite, but they are so incompetent that they fail on it.

[[XC] leviathan18]

^^ that is the cooler i said with the black box

[Charles Wirth]

Intel sent out white box heat BTX heat sinks.

I am willing to be that was from a previous genreation of P4's and not the beefier 840EE sink as well.

Notice there is no shroud on the fan. just a fan spinning in the air.

[Hans.Gruber]

Intel has in their site some BTX coolers in here, that's the latest i could find..

But at THG it looks like Intel is throttling, CPU usage keeps on jumping like a heartbeat. Picture.
Ar am i misinterpreting it ?

[zabomb4163]

isn't THG intel biased?

[Cooper]

I think it`s standart cooler used in ATX cases. And this is how it sounds : http://files.hardwarebg.com/ftp/bloo...40-cooling.avi
heh is this good for a 1k $ processor ??? Intel

[[XC] leviathan18]

cooper is that video real OMG that sound like tumble dryer if my hsf sound like that i can kill somebody is anoying

[Cooper]

Looks like Intel is having big problems. They had to change mobo to ASUS.

[faruquehabib]

that hsf is exactly like the one i had for my 2.8E lga775...it has a copper core, but man, intel should have a better one for that 840EE...amazing that amd's stock cooler is still just a run-of-the-mill cooler and it seems to work rather decent

btw, i am amd-bias

[Entity_Razer]

AMD fanboy also but I hoped intell would give'm a nice run for their money.

Looks nice so far. BTW I do to think the results are biased, low temps on the intel (WTH, INTELL AND LOW TEMP? Remember these are dual prescotts if I remember correctly)


But I just KNOW AMD will rock intell's buttucks

[Cooper]

Entity Razer you remember correctly. Also the numbers of reboots always changes. heh THG

[Entity_Razer]

AMD will rock your world

[[XC] leviathan18]

amd will double rock your world with that athlon x2 running a strange pcp&p 820w because all voltages are weird and 3 intensive cpu usage programs and with stock hsf is cool and without reboots

[Hans.Gruber]

Intel has fried 2 MB's and they restarted the test, and they updated that article.

They now have only 1 GFX card.

Looks like this time Intel is faster in 2 out of 4, i wonder why is that ?

Intel dual core is running at 90 C right now....ouch.....

OMG....now its over 90 C

Quick, someone get a fire extinguisher!!!

[[XC] leviathan18]

no we can use the intel chip to boil water xD

[Mr. Tinker]

Intel sent out white box heat BTX heat sinks.

I am willing to be that was from a previous genreation of P4's and not the beefier 840EE sink as well.

Notice there is no shroud on the fan. just a fan spinning in the air.

I'm almost certain that is NOT a BTX cooler. It looks similar to all the stock ATX socket775 Intel coolers I've ever seen and just like the one that I've seen in site reviews of the P-D:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=2388&p=3