WHAT a Sempron that has 64 bit extensions(Update with BenchMarks)
Written: Feb 12 '06 (Updated Feb 16 '06)
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| dragon1's Full Review: AMD Sempron Processor 3300+* 64bit 754pins, Retail... |
Yes the AMD Sempron is now coming out with 64 bit extensions. If you have observed the stuff I have. You will see that the socket A and AMD XP-Sempron(socket A) is on the way out.
The AMD Sempron w/64 bit extensions will be the new low end pc's. AMD is now making nothing but cpu's with those extensions. Intel is sure to follow.
The new AMD low level pc's will be the 754 socket motherboards. From what I am reading AMD will be comming out with a new motherboard design that will be the hi level and socket 939 will be the mid level machines.
AMD Sempron x64 3300+
From the AMD website
Specs
Processor: AMD Sempron™
Model Number: 3300+
Frequency (MHz): 2000
L2 Cache Size: 128KB
Socket: 754
Stepping: E6
Manufacturing Tech (CMOS): 90nm SOI
Wattage (W): 62
System Bus (MHz): 1600
Processor Instruction Set 3DNOW!• 64/32 bit • Intel MMX • SSE • SSE2 • SSE3
For a long time AMD was known for having heat problems but now they have fixed that but now Intel is known for that same problem. Even though Intel chips run at a higher clock rate than AMD, AMD does more with less speed and less heat.
A long with the 64 bit extensions, the Sempron has the same features as the AMD 64 cpu's.
Features(from other reviews I have written) http://www.epinions.com/content_212085149316
Hypertransport
If I'm wrong here, I hope somebody will let me know and I'll change here.
What this is simply a AMD and partners design that with the memory controller (on CPU chip) and a higher bandwidth bus between cpu and memory and other chips. They can eliminate the bus to the Northbridge chip(which causes latency or delay of signal). By eliminating the FSB and designing a new one, this makes the bandwidth roughly 3x-15 faster. By this I mean that all the information(instructions/data goes through the chipset(when the memory controler was on the chipset, which tells it where to go). Hypertransport is designed to eliminate that bottleneck going directly to the chip or device where it needs to go.
It's like your on a trip out of town and you come to a big city(chipset) where it will take you a 1/2 hour or more to get on the other side going to the next town or your destination but there is a bypass around the town (Hypertransport) that will take a 1/10th of the time as going thru. Also the speed is different-going through town speed limit is 30 mph, using the bypass the limit is 70mph. You can see the instructions/data will move faster, which in turn means you have better performance.
Cool'n'Quiet
Is technology built in to AMD processors to slow down the cpu's speed when doing say writing a review like I am now or surfing the internet or anything that is not processor intensive. Now it does this in 200mhz increments. It also slows the cpu fan down making for less noise. Since this processor runs at a max of 2.0 ghz, it is using less power. Right now it is running at 1.0 ghz which for most people/applications is fast enough.
Using this CPU(in this pc plus a little about building your own)http://www.epinions.com/content_187014155908
Putting in motherboard
I always get the box version because I get a 3 year warrenty as long as I use their Heatsink which comes with their compound, OEM cpu's that is those that are not boxed only have a 1 year warrenty.
Now unlike the earlier cpu's, these have what is called a heat spreader. It enables the heatsink to draw more heat from the cpu. It also makes for making the cpu a little more sturdy when installing.
Now this is from the Review link above
On the side of the socket, there is a lever, bring it up to a fully up right position. Now take out the cpu be it OEM or Retail, there is only one way for the cpu to fit into the socket, look at the socket/cpu, you will see that 3 corners are the same and the 4th not, DO NOT FORCE IT. It should almost fall in if put on right. The cpu should be all the way down against the socket. Hold the center of the cpu firmly and take the lever, move it down and level with the socket. You should hear a click when the lever is fully down. Now is the time to install the cpu heatsink. The instructions are in the manual of this motherboard and also in the Retail box. Now I need to warn you, if you install the heatsink incorrectly you can damage the cpu, plus if the heatsink is installed incorrectly, it may not transfer the heat from the cpu correctly and you may have over-heating problems. On this box of cpu/heatsink, the thermal paste is already on the heatsink.
Now in the link I took this from are many more things like this on building your own pc.
Using Windows XP Pro SP2, writing a review or surfing the internet or watching a dvd movies. The cpu only gets up to 89 degrees f(1000mhz). I have a program that will use 100% resources for about 1 and 1/2 hours(2000mhz). The hottest it got was 108 degrees f. The computer now starts up faster, runs programs faster and smoother. The only problem is when I get on my granddaughter's computer, I get a little frustrated because it runs so slow(AMD ATHLON XP 1700+) compared to this one.
This computer boots up faster now-I clocked the startup between the Sempron 3300+ to a computer that has AMD x64 2800+. It boots up about 2secs faster than the 2800, it has similar startup that the slower cpu has, which means to me the programs run just a little faster. Of course one of the things that does make a little differance is the Athlon 64 2800+ computer has only PC2700 DDR memory and this one has PC3200 DDR memory will affect the start up speed a little.
BenchMarks
I ran Fresh Diagnose to run BenchMarks found information on Intel P4 3Ghz Benchmarks
Processor Benchmarks
Amd 64 2800+ 1.8Ghz
Whetstone 7721MDIPS
Drystone 3596MWIPS
AMD Sempron 64 3300+ 2Ghz
Whetstone 8110MDIPS
Drystone 4516MWIPS
Intel P4 3.0 Ghz
Whetstone 6571MDIPS
Drystone 3115MWIPS
How does AMD beat Intel??
What are BenchMarks
There are a lot of different cpu designs. The speed of a cpu does not really tell you the performance of a specific cpu. A cpu that has a slower speed may actually run a application faster than a cpu who's speed is higher.
Now a programmer will look at a bunch of applications and see how each application does the job. Then he/she/they will design a program that synthetically do the same job/jobs, at the same time it measures the performance of them.
Measurements of the above
Dhrystone; integer arithmetic performance
Whetstone; floating-point arithmetic performance
Now BenchMarks will only give you an idea of how applications will run, you have to remember the performance is based on synthetic programs.
as usual , trying to write so even somebody who is not familar with electronics will understand what I'm saying. Now I will add a little of the technical stuff but that's to be expected.
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