Conroe Performance Preview Follow-Up
by Anand Lal Shimpi on March 9, 2006 9:30 AM EST- Posted in
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The DDR2 Issue
As we mentioned earlier, the Conroe system was supposed to be running at 4-4-4-15 timings but was instead configured at 5-5-5-15, giving Conroe a bit of a disadvantage. We re-ran all of our tests with the timings correctly set to 4-4-4-15, the results are below:
Intel Conroe Platform |
5-5-5-15 |
4-4-4-15 |
| Quake 4 - 1280 x 960 (Avg Frame Rate) | 257.8 fps |
259.1 fps |
| F.E.A.R. - 1024 x 768 (Avg Frame Rate) | 186.0 fps |
189.0 fps |
| Windows Media Encoder 9 (Encode Time) | 66 seconds |
66 seconds |
| DivX 6.1 (Encode Time) | 31 seconds |
31 seconds |
| iTunes 6.0.1.3 (Encode Time) | 65 seconds |
65 seconds |
While the faster timings gave Intel a small performance boost in the games, it’s nothing to write home about.
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Larso - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
This conroe thing is truly interesting news. At last Intel has dropped the netburst mishap and developed a useable cpu.Furen - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
Man, we didnt see so many people complaining about netburst when it was whoring the Athlon XP... I agree that it needed to be replaced but it wasn't all bad...Darth Farter - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
looks like this round is going to Intel as it did with the northwood.Let's see what the underdog will have in store for us.
I myself suspect AMD having much more focused on the quad core server arena where it's likely going to whoop ass the way conroe is doing now in regards with FP performance
stelleg151 - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
Great work, and Im glad you got that FEAR anomoly worked out. It is definately exciting seeing such a leap in performance.That being said, I personally would have put a little bit more emphasis on the fact that these processors are still scheduled to be 3-6 months away, as this is in the most extreme sense a PREview and not a REview.
IHYLN - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
good job clearing the air Anand. And whoever was that person was who called me an idiot for saying the crossfire 1900xt setup was GPU limited, I snub my nose at thee.Great job on intel's part for actually making a desirable CPU and I hope AMD can match or exceed.
Calin - Monday, March 13, 2006 - link
At least a lower price will benefit everyone. As long as processor performance is concerned, AMD won't gain the crown easily. Looks like Intel will be on top again.I say this is good, as prices for AMD processors were a bit static. I hope for a price war :D