AMD Phenom Quad Core Processor AM2+
"Gaming performance from the Phenom wasn't as bad as we expected. It turned out to be OK. Still, it's the overall performance that counts."
Posted on Jan 31, 2008, 12:00 AM UTC by Winston Chim
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Test Setup, Procedures and Installation
Test Setup
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Test Setup (Socket-AM2+)
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| Motherboard | MSI K9A2 Platinum | |
| CPU Default |
AMD Phenom Quad Core (ES) @ 2.6Ghz |
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| Overclocked | N/A | |
| Ram | OCZ DDR2-1066 PC2-8500 2Gb Kit | |
| Video Card | ATI Radeon HD3870 512MbDDR4 | |
| Crossfire Mode | N/A | |
| Video Drivers | Catalyst 7.12 | |
| Chipset Drivers | AMD chipset drivers from CD | |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar 250Gb (16Mb cache) | |
| CD/DVD ROM | Pioneer DVD-RW/DL Rom drive | |
| Cooling | Gigabyte Volar CPU Cooler | |
| Sound Card | Onboard HD Audio | |
| PSU | Hiper TypeR MKII 730W PSU | |
| LAN | Onboard Gigabit Ethernet | |
| CRT Monitor | 19" Samsung DynaFlat SM997MB | |
| LCD Monitor | 19" Samsung 940BF TFT Monitor | |
| OS | Windows Vista with native DX10 support | |
Installation
I've been informed that the AMD Phenoms will only be compatible with AM2+ motherboards. So, it's a bit of a pain if you already own a AM2 motherboard. If there is anyone out there, that can prove this is not the case ... please let us know in the forums. Anyway, you'll be glad to know, we didn't encounter any problems during installation.
Procedure
In our tests we used the motherboard's standard BIOS defaults. ALL settings were set to default (AUTO) for maximum compatibility. Memory clock was automatically set to DDR2-1066 with the memory timings at AUTO. We also used the latest video, audio and chipset drivers. Dual channel memory mode was enabled using the OCZ DDR2-1066 PC2-8500 2Gb kit.
Windows Vista with native DX10 was used as our operating system. Here's a list of software/games we used for benchmarking. In all the gaming benchmarks we used a resolution of 1024x768 with maximum settings turned on (x4 AA and x16 AF)
- Sandra Pro XII
- PC Mark 2005
- 3D Mark 2005
- 3D Mark 2006
- ScienceMark 2
- CineBench R10
- F.E.A.R. (DX9)
- Call of Juarez (DX10)
- Lost Planet (DX10
BIOS
Using the MSI K92A Platinum motherboard, the BIOS has the option for the TLB fix. Here, have a look at the screenshot below.
This option only appears when you have a Phenom processor installed. When we installed the Athlon FX-62, the option disappears.
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