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Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

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Reply 860 of 863, by nd22

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34 & 35 & 36 & 37. PC mark 2004 is the next version to be tested and it includes a few GPU tests:

Reply 861 of 863, by nd22

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The scores of both processors are really close - only 4% apart - within the margin of error. Athlon XP memory score is better by 9%, so the extra cache helps here; however the graphics score of the Duron is 6% higher than the Athlon and that is repeatable! Something is really fishy here, let's see if the next version of PC mark has something to show us!

Reply 862 of 863, by nd22

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38 & 39 & 40 & 41. The final version of PC mark compatible with Windows XP is the 2005 one.

Reply 863 of 863, by nd22

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Things are looking really odd! Athlon XP manages an 8% better CPU score which is significant; however the real highlight is the memory: Thoroughbred is 58% better than Duron - a colossal advantage!
Again Duron scores far better in the graphics department: 15% better than Thoroughbred! I repeated the test on both CPU's many times and Thoroughbred graphics score is always worse and memory score is always far better!