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Battle of the platforms: socket 939!

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Reply 60 of 69, by nd22

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6. 1280*1024 AA 4X with sound:
A. KU8
B. KV8 PRO
C. UL8
D. AV8

Reply 61 of 69, by nd22

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7. Code creatures 1600*1200 AA 4X:
A. KU8
B. KV8 PRO
C. UL8
D. AV8

Reply 62 of 69, by nd22

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8. Code creatures 1600*1200 AA 4x sound:
A. KU8
B. KV8 PRO
C. UL8
D. AV8

Reply 63 of 69, by nd22

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Code creature summary: even with an overpowered video card the maximum difference between the single channel socket 754 and the dual channel socket 939 is 5.9%, far below the 9.4% suggested by the PR of these processors.
Also despite being a Directx8 benchmark and using a radeon x1950 pro at 1600*1200 all 4 systems perform within 2% of each other! So a true directx8 card - such as geforce4 ti4600 - would give you horrendous performance; and it's 100% true - for high performance in Directx8 games you need a good Directx9 card; for high performance in DirectX7 games you need a good directX8 card and so on.

Reply 64 of 69, by nd22

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9. We switch to Aquamark3, the first DirectX9 benchmark to ever be released and start at default settings: 1024*768, AF 4X, no AA, no Sound:
A. KU8
B. KV8 PRO

Reply 65 of 69, by nd22

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C. UL8
D. AV8

Reply 66 of 69, by nd22

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AV8 leads the pack even if by the tiniest of margins - the same happened with the code creatures results!
10. 1024*768 maxed out settings, including sound:
A. KU8
B. KV8 PRO

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C. UL8
D. AV8

Reply 68 of 69, by nd22

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For the first time ULI manages to score a victory by leading VIA with a very small margin!
11. We go up to 1280*1024, without sound first:
A. KU8
B. KV8 PRO

Reply 69 of 69, by nd22

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C. UL8
D. AV8