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AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+   [Computer Shopper]
COMPANY: AMD PRICE: £557inc VAT  
RATING: ISSUE: 215  DATE: Nov 05
   

Core: Toledo

Frequency: 2.4GHz

Socket: 939

Process: 90nm

Cores: Two

Instructions: MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64

Multiplier: 12x

External bus: 200MHz

Effective FSB speed: 2x 1,000MHz (HyperTransport)

Level 1 cache: 128KB

Level 2 cache: 1,204KB

The Athlon 64 X2 range of dual-core 64-bit

 
 
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processors competes with Intel's Pentium D range. Athlon 64 X2 processors fit into Socket 939 motherboards, but you may have to update your motherboard BIOS to upgrade from an Athlon 64 to Athlon 64 X2. We tested the cheapest X2, the 3800+, and the fastest, the 4800+.

Applications that can use both cores at once, such as our video-encoding benchmark, ran extremely fast. The 3800+, with two 2GHz cores, scored 179 in our video test. The Athlon 64 3000+, with a single 2GHz core, scored just 84. The X2 3800+ even outpaced the £700 FX-57 in the PCMark and Shopper video tests.

The 4800+'s scores were astonishing. Its score of 208 in our video test is one of the highest scores we've ever seen. It couldn't quite match the FX-57 in Far Cry, but it was only 1.19fps slower despite costing £143 less. Overclockers should save some money and buy the 3800+, though. It overclocked to 2.1GHz, producing an impressive score of 197 in our video test.

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