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AMD Socket AM3: X2 550 Black Edition
Review
Testing Methodology
In order to test the X2 550, we are going to reuse
several of our test results from the
Phenom II 940 and
Phenom II AM3 reviews. This means for our
results, we have the X4 940, X4 955, X3 720, X4 810 from AMD as well as an x3360 and an E8400
for the Intel side. Since I expect the X2 with the unlocked
cores to perform similarly to the X4 955, we will be only testing
two cores on the X2.
| CPU: |
Phenom II X4 955 |
| Motherboard: |
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P BIOS F3L |
| GPU: |
Sapphire 2600XT |
| RAM: |
2x2GB Corsair Dominator XMS3 DHX
DDR3-1600, CAS 9 |
| Case: |
Danger Den WaterBox Plus |
| Sound: |
Onboard |
| Cooling: |
Swiftech H20-220 Compact |
| PSU: |
Corsair 750TX |
| OS: |
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| CPU: |
Intel Xeon x3360 |
| Motherboard: |
Asus P5Q Deluxe P45 |
| GPU: |
MSI GTX-280 |
| RAM: |
2x2GB Corsair Dominators, DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15 |
| Case: |
Custom |
| Sound: |
X-Fi Platinum |
| Cooling: |
Tuniq Tower |
| PSU: |
Corsair 750TX |
| OS: |
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| CPU: |
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 |
| Motherboard: |
FoxConn BlackOps X48 |
| GPU: |
Sappire Radeon 2600XT |
| RAM: |
2x2GB OCZ Reaper DDR3-1333, 8-8-8-27 |
| Case: |
Custom |
| Sound: |
Onboard |
| Cooling: |
Stock Intel |
| PSU: |
CoolerMaster UCP-700 |
| OS: |
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| CPU: |
Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition |
| Motherboard: |
Asus M3A78-T |
| GPU: |
Sapphire 4670 |
| RAM: |
2x2GB OCZ Reapers, DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15 |
| Case: |
Danger Den WaterBox Plus |
| Sound: |
Onboard |
| Cooling: |
Swiftech H20-220 Compact |
| PSU: |
Corsair 750TX |
| OS: |
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| CPU: |
Phenom II X4 810 |
| Motherboard: |
Sapphire Pure 790GX PC-AM2RS790GX |
| GPU: |
Sapphire 4670 |
| RAM: |
2x2GB OCZ Reapers, DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15 |
| Case: |
Danger Den WaterBox Plus |
| Sound: |
Onboard |
| Cooling: |
Swiftech H20-220 Compact |
| PSU: |
Corsair 750TX |
| OS: |
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| CPU: |
Phenom II 940 Black Edition |
| Motherboard: |
Asus M3A78-T |
| GPU: |
Sapphire 4870X2 |
| RAM: |
2x2GB OCZ Reapers, DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15 |
| Case: |
Danger Den WaterBox Plus |
| Sound: |
Onboard |
| Cooling: |
Swiftech H20-220 Compact, OCZ Vendetta
II |
| PSU: |
Corsair 650TX |
| OS: |
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 |
In the case of the x3360, we clocked it down to
7x333 to run it at 2.33GHz in an attempt to best emulate the closest
cost competitor to the X4 810. The Q8200 has significantly
less cache (4MB vs. 12MB) than the x3360, however, so it is
important to realize that the "emulated" testing of the x3360
represents the best possible scenario for the Q8200.
Now, let's get on with the results, shall we?
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