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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 05:18

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

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 …

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 05:10

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

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

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 05:08

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

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 …

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 05:03

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

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

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 05:01

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Well, the difference is not at all that great! Only the CPU score of the Athlon XP is 5% better, the memory score are practically identical! The extra cache provides only a small performance boost in PC mark 2002!

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 04:56

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

31 & 32 & 33. Synthetic 3d tests are over, it is time to check general system performance with PC MARK and 2002 is the first version released: Athlon XP 2200 Duron 1800

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 04:06

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

30. The one and only GUI test is Tom 2d and here XP manages to win by a a huge 17%! Athlon Duron

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 04:03

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Unfortunately in 3dmark 2005 you really need a far more powerful video card to get past the GPU bottleneck as the scores are incredible close. Only at 1024*768 Athlon XP manages to beat the Duron by 7%.

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 04:02

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

29. 1600*1200: Nothing to see here, move along ...

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 04:00

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

28. At 1280*1024 the results are so close that they are practically indistinguishable:

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 03:59

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

27. The final 3dmark is the 2005 version. Released in 2004 it is very tough on the video card, so even with such weak processors the bottleneck is actually on the 7800gs on anything but the lowest settings! 1024*768 default settings: T-bred first Applebred second

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 03:52

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

In 3dmark 2003 Athlon XP still maintains a lead over the Duron, albeit a very small one: 1-5% depending on the resolution. 24 & 25 & 26. In the sound tests, for which we have results for all 3 options: NO sound, 24 sounds and 60 sounds, XP has a more significant lead: 6% across all resolutions. So, …

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 03:46

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

23. And finally 1600*1200:

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 03:43

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

22. We go up to 1280*1024 max settings:

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 03:41

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

21. We reached 3mark 2003, a DirectX 9 test - actually only the nature test is DirectX 9, the rest are DirectX 8! 1024*768 default settings: Athlon XP 2200 first Duron 1800 second

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 03:20

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

In 3dmark 2001 Athlon XP wins again by 10-15% depending on the resolution. This will surely be felt in any DirectX 8 game! So the larger cache has a very high influence on performance!

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 03:15

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

20. And one more time we go up to 1600*1200

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 03:14

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

19. We increase the resolution and settings to 1280*1024 max

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 03:12

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

18. 3dmark 2001 is "the benchmark"; most people looking to build a socket 462 system will look for the scores in this particular test! You need a balanced system to get a good score, something that obviously we do not have here as both processors are far too weak to the geforce 7800gs - this is a …

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

Posted on 2025-05-17, 03:04

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Finally Athlon XP destroys its little cousin: 24% better than Duron across all resolutions! For a processor that was launched at 240 USD it is for the first time that it manages to obliterate a processor launched at a third of that sum!

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