Hitting Them Where It Hertz... |
Author : Martyn Date : 5th Jan '02 |
3DVelocity wish to thank AMD and especially Theresa Zimmer for providing this CPU for review
| ...Product | AMD Athlon XP 1900+ |
| ...Manufacturer | AMD |
| ...Supplier | AMD |
| ...Price | £240 Approx |
Part Two: The Test Setup
(The CPU in question) AMD Athlon XP 1900+ (1600MHz)
Compared to our 1800+ XP CPU.
Abit KR7a
256MB unbranded Micron 2100 DDR Ram Cas 2
ATI 64MB Radeon 8500 (Retail)
AMD Approved 300w Power Supply
45GB IBM 75gxp ATA 100 Hard drive
Cyberdrive 16x12x40 CDR/W
Coolermaster AMD Approved HSF
Windows 98SE OS.
Part Three: 3D Performance
Following a similar standard as our other CPU reviews; 3DMark 2001 and Quake 3 Arena form the basis of our testing for 3D performance. 3DMark for DX8 performance and Quake 3 for Open GL (Time demo 001).
--3DMark 2001--
AMD CPU | 640 x 480 32bit | 800 x 600
32bit | 1024 x 768
32bit | 1600 x 1200 32bit |
Athlon XP 1800+ | 10591 | 9782 | 8603 | 5419 |
Athlon XP 1900+ | 10690 | 9873 | 8716 | 5502 |
(Results expressed in '3DMarks')
No surprises here; 3DMark loves bandwidth and MHz so the standard increases are seen here.
--Quake 3 Arena--
AMD CPU | 640 x 480 32bit | 800 x 600
32bit | 1024 x 768
32bit | 1600 x 1200 32bit |
Athlon XP 1800+ | 195.4 | 193.0 | 182.5 | 103.1 |
Athlon XP 1900+ | 201.8 | 198.9 | 189.0 | 105.3 |
(Results expressed in frames per second)Once again the chip helped push the card to the limits of it's present performance. The 1900+ wins quite easily as expected.
Page Three: CPU Performance
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