Intel vs. AMD

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hstuehmeyer2000

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Lately I have been seeing threads floating around here about intel vs. amd. Well I figured since i have a phenom and a wolfdale in my posetion that I would compare them. Instead of most of the results coming from various users, they will be coming from one with two systems that are almost the same. I started this thread to give you guys a heads up and also because I wanted to add three bench marks to the test and was wondering what you guys wanted.In the end I think this will be a good comparison because it will show users around the forum what they can get for around $300 for a cpu/mobo.Also I am still waiting on the motherboards from newegg so it is going to be a couple of days.

(These systems will first be tested stock and then over clocked.)

Intel
e8400 q815a389
DFI Lanparty LT P35-T2R

AMD
Phenom 9850 JAAHB AA 0816GPMW
Biostar TA-770 A2+

The rest of both systems.
2x2GB Adata DDR2 800
Visiontek HD 4850 stock
Corsair HX 520
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283
Mad Dog Entertainer 7.1(Envy 24)
WD 80gb SATA HDD

OS-Vista 32bit
(All games with be tested at 1920x1080)
Crysis
Call of Duty 4
TF2
(All Futuremark test will be ran at default settings.)
3D Mark Vantage
3D Mark 06
(Where the other three benchmarks will be listed.)
 
Are you going to include a test for one of the Core 2 Quad processors? Phenom 9850 (quad-core) versus E8400 (dual-core) is more of an apples-to-oranges comparison.

You may want to include the Q6600 for comparison's sake.
 
tiraides said:
Are you going to include a test for one of the Core 2 Quad processors? Phenom 9850 (quad-core) versus E8400 (dual-core) is more of an apples-to-oranges comparison.

You may want to include the Q6600 for comparison's sake.
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I would but I do not own one, but i figure that since c2d is already faster than phenom, oc's past 4ghz, and costs about the same that in the end it will be a decent comparison.
 
Given that the benchmarks you'll be using don't benefit much if at all from having extra cores, I think it's fair enough to put the Phenom against a Wolfdale. As long as you don't add any multi-core optimised benchmarks to the lineup, it should be a fair evaluation.
 
e8400 = $175
phenom X4 9850 = $210

thats apples to oranges in more than one way. You could make this fair by disabling one core of the phenom 9850 (if thats even possible) and downclock it to 2.4ghz (for the non oc'd comparisons) that would make it roughly equivalent to a phenom X3 8750 which cost the same as the e8400 ($175)
 
King_Weaver said:
e8400 = $175
phenom X4 9850 = $210

thats apples to oranges in more than one way. You could make this fair by disabling one core of the phenom 9850 (if thats even possible) and downclock it to 2.4ghz (for the non oc'd comparisons) that would make it roughly equivalent to a phenom X3 8750 which cost the same as the e8400 ($175)
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actually the phenom was $205, i think you can disable the cores in windows but i am not sure, but honestly I think the phenom is going to need every last mhz it can get, lol
 
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