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Flask MPEG is a
file conversion utility that takes a video of a certain
format, and converts it to another. In this test, we took a
19MB MPEG 2 video clip from a classic TV show (that
made it's debut in Dave's original 533MHz BUS P4 review)
and converted it to DivX format using the DivX Pro 5.02
Codec. We converted the video to a resolution of 720x480,
but did not compress or convert the audio in any way.
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MPEG Encoding Benchmarks
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Comparisons |
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Flask and Video
2000 Tests |
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In the FlaskMPEG encoding tests,
the Athlon XP 2600+ once again outperformed all of the other
test systems, with exception of the 2.53GHz Pentium 4 using PC1066
RDRAM. So far, the numbers look very promising for the
Athlon XP 2600+. It seems the higher bandwidth offered
by the
PC1066 RDRAM is the only thing giving the 2.53 P4 an edge.
The Athlon XP 2600+ performed
very well in the MadOnion Video 2000 MPEG encoding test,
besting all of the other systems. In fact, 267.58 is
the highest score we have ever seen in this test, without
overclocking a processor. We should mention that this
is a fairly old benchmark that is not optimized to run on
these newer processors though. The Athlon tends to run
"legacy" x86 code much better than the Pentium 4, which
should give it an advantage in this benchmark.
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MadOnion PCMark 2002
Benchmarks
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Comparisons |
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CPU and Memory
Modules |
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We also ran a
series of tests using the CPU and memory performance modules
that are built into MadOnion's relatively new PCMark2002
benchmarking suite. We like PCMark2002 around here
because the tests are very easy to run, and they produce
repeatable results. The CPU module performs the following
tests:
CPU Test:
The CPU performance module in
MadOnion's PCMark2002 shows the Athlon XP 2600+ system with
a distinct performance advantage over all of the other
machines we tested. Unlike the Video 2000 benchmark,
this one was meant to be run on these new CPUs, and yet it
still shows the Athlon out in front.
Memory Test
Technical details: (Quoted)
"Raw read,
write, and read-modify-write operations are performed
starting from a 3072 kilobytes array decreasing in size to
1536 KB, 384 KB, 48 KB and finally 6 KB. Each size of block
is tested two second and the amount of accessed data is
given as result. In the STL container test a list of 116
byte elements is constructed and sorted by an integer
pseudo-random key. The list is then iterated through as many
times as possible for 2 seconds and the total size of the
accessed elements is given as result. There are 6 runs of
this test, with 24576 items in the largest run corresponding
to a total data amount of 1536 KB, decreasing in size to
12288 items (768 KB), 6144 items (384 KB), 1536 items (96
KB), 768 items (48 KB) and 96 items in the smallest run
corresponding to 6 KB of total data."
Whether they're using DDR memory
or RDRAM, the Pentium 4s really shine in the PCMark2002
Memory performance tests. Even with the motherboard set
to the most aggressive memory timings available, the Athlon
XP 2600+ can't come close to even the "slowest" P4.
Seeing numbers like this make us wish AMD would validate a
333MHz FSB for the Athlon, and right quick.
Gaming Scores and the Conclusion
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