Stress Test MK II

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oh no, they took one of AMD system's graphics cards to feed the beast again. it just won't stop till it gets enaugh (like michael jackson 😀)
 
The broken watt meter will have been replaced yesterday (Monday) as that is when the 'Update' they've posted was dated. My take is that they are restarting the stress test with things more equal, i.e. with only one VGA card (they've removed one from the AMD machine).

Not sure what they are doing to the Intel box.

Ooh, the AMD box is back up and running (sans one of the VGA cards).

Is it me or does the Intel sticker on the HSF keep changing orientation?

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<font color=green>AMD</font color=green> Athlon64, Abit AV8.
<font color=blue>Intel</font color=blue> Dual PIII, Asus P2B-DS.
<font color=blue>VIA</font color=blue> Epia M9000.
<font color=red>I</font color=red><font color=green>B</font color=green><font color=blue>M</font color=blue> Thinkpad 570E.
 
* I hope they reset the scores too.
* They should put the priority of the divx thread to 'normal' on both machines.
* They should use thermal paste, not thermal pad.
 
They changed the CPU on intel system or just removed the heatsink for some reason a while ago... oh yeah
 
They're meddling in the Intel box's BIOS again...

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<font color=green>AMD</font color=green> Athlon64, Abit AV8.
<font color=blue>Intel</font color=blue> Dual PIII, Asus P2B-DS.
<font color=blue>VIA</font color=blue> Epia M9000.
<font color=red>I</font color=red><font color=green>B</font color=green><font color=blue>M</font color=blue> Thinkpad 570E.
 
Really, you're only proving your own incompetence. As I said before, and as I will put here again, when the AMD system was running at full load, it consumed 350W. With both systems running, they consumed 800W. That must mean that the intel system consumed about 800W-350W=450W. That's 100W more than the AMD. Still don't believe me?

REad the graph I gave you...

AMD X2 4800+ (idle) - 133W
AMD X2 4800+ (max) - 185W

Intel Pentium D 840 (idle) - 214W
Intel Pentium D 840 (max) - 315W

Now this is simple math, even my 5-yuear old nephew would understand that 315W is more than 185W.

So are you just stupid, or are you just brainwashed? Open your eyes, befor the dark side consumes your soul....

And I would jut make it clear, right now, i think AMD processors are way ahead of it's Intel counterparts, but I'm open for new technologies from Intel, and I believe that the future holds great chips from both producers. Amen.
 
I bet the Cool & Quiet isn't enabled! It's a bit of a shame, why do so? 170W in idle... just a 20W or so less than intel.
 
I laugh to myself when i see the AMD system waiting patiently for the next task on the desktop while the Intel system is struggling away in the bios.
 
what do those figures represent? are they processors' power consumption? if so, the're wrong... 315W on intel CPU alone - impossible (200 is too much either... mayb the monitors eat some too?)
 
Now this is simple math, even my 5-yuear old nephew would understand that
Click to expand...

I don't question your math, I question your ability to read the facts. Thom has already said the meter was broken when the AMD was a part of those high 800+watts.

Both systems have started up with near the same power use. The AMD was around 194watts and the Intel system around 200watts (in bios mode). It seem the ASUS board is using more power on this round. So lets see how they go.

The point I was making is the so called AMD sales pitch of lower power use on the CPU's is pointless for the customer when their systems use more or the same as Intel systems.

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They represent both systems. That means cpu, harddisk, memory etc. I don't know if that includes the lcds.

Oh yeah, two graphic cards running at full load in sli....that uses a lot of power.
 
you contradict with the article right here in Toms Hardware!!!
They recon that intel uses much more when idle... more than AMD on full load!!!
 
They've reset all the graphs.

Looks like all the excitement is about to start again!

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<font color=green>AMD</font color=green> Athlon64, Abit AV8.
<font color=blue>Intel</font color=blue> Dual PIII, Asus P2B-DS.
<font color=blue>VIA</font color=blue> Epia M9000.
<font color=red>I</font color=red><font color=green>B</font color=green><font color=blue>M</font color=blue> Thinkpad 570E.
 
It's not about this math, that has alredy been proven. I'm talking about the dual-core review, which I've been giving out links to:

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050509/cual_core_athlon-19.html

Rad the graph, this is the system. As you can see, and which Tom is stating, "<b>As you can see, the Athlon 64 family definitely is more energy efficient</b>." This is completely contradicting your believes, and you tell people to open their eyes when you're clearly wearing 20 pairs of sun-glasses.
 
Thx for the info tapa, Sinker.

Im wondering why they gave up on the SLI config.
Could it be that the intel rig couldnt stand the heat
from 2 6800GTs?


This whole "STRESS TEST" has become a complete mess.
No need for me to follow this junk today, Im gonna
comeback tommorrow and see how they (try to) sort it .
Besides, Im in the FAAAAR East and its already 3:20AM,
need sleep anyway ;-)
 
Someone, somewhere, posted that the Intel machine had had an Intel chipset based Mobo fitted instead of the Nvidia one (thus not allowing SLI). Can anyone see which model of Asus mobo is being used?

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<font color=green>AMD</font color=green> Athlon64, Abit AV8.
<font color=blue>Intel</font color=blue> Dual PIII, Asus P2B-DS.
<font color=blue>VIA</font color=blue> Epia M9000.
<font color=red>I</font color=red><font color=green>B</font color=green><font color=blue>M</font color=blue> Thinkpad 570E.
 
The board they finally settled on for the Intel system (i945 board) doesn't have true SLI compatibility....it would be unfair.

Maxtor disgraces the six letters that make Matrox.
 
Are you AMD people thick or just the many teenagers that make up the AMD market place?

The facts are in your face, read. AMD X2 System in idle at a constant 194watts... doesn't change much until work load hits. Current wattage is 382watts for both systems. 384-194=Intel 190watts... To be fair the Intel does go up and down a slight amount. Currently at 190watts the Intel is running a few task whilst the AMD is running hardly anything.

FACTS. read...

To be fair, you could say both machine are on par with power use, even if the AMD CPU is said to use lower power when compared to the Intel component.

Also can you stop the insults and talk technology and facts.

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Well, they were using the P5ND2-SLI Deluxe at one
moment which HAS SLI support. I wonder why they
change to P5LD2 Deluxe, the mobo being used now.
 
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