Originally posted by: tkdkid
Originally posted by: JohnDeer
what a joke the 3200 is. Why call it a new clock speed if the chip speed is the same amount of MHz? Why not just call it the 3000B or something? I know it is marketing
Ugh..some people never get it.
MHz isn't the only thing that determines the performance level of a processor, despite what Intel has been cramming down your throat.
No moron you don't get it...this isn't about Intel and "Mhz Myth"....this has to do with amd changing the pr rating when the cpu frequency does not change and somehow try to convince us that 40mhz in cpu speed with a 400fsb is equivalent to a 200 in pr rating points....
Go back and take a look at the 3000+ barton and how it almost got handed its shorts from the 2800+xp tbred....The 2800+xp beat the 2800+ barton....The fact is that in not all apps will the cpu take advantage of the 400fsb. In fact many apps will be no difference to neglible range.
This chip needed to be 2.3ghz!!!
Update: from
www.xbitlabs.com preview of 400fsb....synthetic crap test like pcmark2002, and sissoft excluded as they never seem to result in real world comparison....
AMD 2.2ghz (3200+) Barton
AMD 2.167ghz (3000+) Barton (333fsb)
AMD 2.1ghz (3000+) Barton (400fsb)
Pr rating is a 6.7% increase (3200 to 3000)
Actual mhz is 1.5% increase (2.2ghz to 2.167ghz)
Comparison mainly of 3200+ barton versus 3000+ Barton (333fsb) model
Business Apps:
Winstone-------------------------2.8%
MM Content Creation----------4.6%
Multimedia Apps:
Lame Mp3------------------------(0.04%)
MP4 Divx 5.02--------------------2.1%
Windows Media 9---------------4.0%
Cadd Apps:
3dMax 5--------------------------1.4%
Lightwave Raytrace------------2.1%
Lightwave Sunset--------------1.4%
Average SpecViewPerf---------5.8%
Gaming Apps:
RTCW------------------------------6.0%
UT 2003 DM-Antalus------------5.0%
UT 2003 FlyBy--------------------4.6%
conclusion.....
The Pr rating will deliver in Gaming and mixed bag in Bus apps wih content and cadd apps with specviewperf, but for the most part Cadd apps, and multimedia users will once again see no advantage to the sketchy pr rating which at one time really seemed to work....
As a divx encoder and mp3 encoder I see the only increase related to pure cpu power with fsb resulting in no advantage...In Cadd apps the increase was also more of a result of increase in cpu speed versus the fsb of 400....