Just bought new hardware. First AMD Quad Core




Rig:

• AMD Phenom™ X4 9550 Quad-Core 2200Mhz
• GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H
(The best IGP: HDMI, DX10 3D, FireWire, DVI, e-Sata .. ) which is INTEL IGP can't provide (~RM300)

• Audiotrak Prodigy HD2 Sound Card
• ICUTE ZL08-5G 450w ATX Casing
• Western Digital 500GB GreenPower
• AENEON 2GB DDR2 800 x2
• PIONEER 115BK 20x DVD-Writer
• ACBEL 450W i-Power (Active PFC) PSU



AMD Phenom B3 stepping (compare B2 Revision)

Fixed Errata

-Internal Resource Livelock Involving Cached TLB Reload
-IDDIO Specification Exceeded During Power-Up Sequencing
-Memory Instability After PWROK Assertion
-L2 Eviction May Occur During Processor Operation To Set Accessed or Dirty Bit


Should update by BIOS

-Default RdPtrInit Value Does Not Provide Sufficient Timing Margin
-A DIV Instruction Followed Closely By Other Divide Instructions May Yield Incorrect Results
-REP MOVS Instruction May Corrupt Source Address
-Processor May Stall Entering Stop-Grant Due to Pending Data Cache Scrub
-Incompatibility With Some DIMMs Due to DQS Duty Cycle Distortion
-Incorrect DRAM Data Masks Asserted When DRAM Controller Data Interleaving Is Enabled
-Time Stamp Counter May Yield An Incorrect Value
-DRAM Phy Configuration Access Failures
-Hardware Memory Clear Is Not Supported After Software DRAM Initialization
-MWAIT Power Savings May Not Be Realized when Two or More Cores Monitor the Same Address
-Processor Stall in C1 Low Power State
-Processor Core May Execute Incorrect Instructions on Concurrent L2 and Northbridge Response




AMD PHENOM 9550 @RM620



GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H @RM300





ICUTE ZL08-5G Casing @RM165



Western Digital 500GB GreenPower @RM270



AENEON 2GB DDR2 800 @RM130



PIONEER 115BK 20x DVD @RM105



ACBEL 450W (Active PFC) PSU @RM275



*Sound Card : Audiotrak Prodigy HD2


This post has been edited by yangxi: May 11 2008, 10:49 AM

CPU INFO:









This post has been edited by yangxi: May 11 2008, 02:36 AM

Benchmark:

SiSoftware Sandra Professional Business XII.SP2c

Processor Arithmetic




Processor Multi-Media



Memory Bandwidth


This post has been edited by yangxi: May 11 2008, 02:34 AM

Don't care how much Phenom loose Intel Q93xx
~Just compare how faster than old AMD X2 4600+

Old Rig:
AMD X2 4600+
ASUS M2A-VM HDMI
Patriot DDR2 800mhz


Cpu temperature (Full load) *50 oC ~ Quite cool..




Phenom Memory Controller:

The K8 core (Socket-940/939/AM2) featured a single memory controller that was 128-bits wide, but in Barcelona AMD has split up the DRAM controller into two separate 64-bit controllers. Each controller can be operated independently and thus you get some improvements in efficiency, especially when dealing with quad core implementations where the individual cores working on independent threads all have their own memory access patterns.

Ganged Mode = Single dual-channel , 128 bit
Unganged Mode = Two single-channel , 128 bit

CPU = Built in 2x DCT
Each DCT = 64bit

No matter DC or SC , all is 128 bit

*quite confuse , I need read more detail on it.




Video Editing

TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress 4.4.2.238


[Mobile_Suit_Gundam_OO] . AVI

Duration: 24.15min
Size: 1280x720
Video Codec: H264 , 23.975FPS
Audio Codec: 48000Hz, Stereo 128 kbps AAC


1.) Covert to VCD (Mpeg 1)

Phenom x4 9550

Ganged Mode: 07:49 min
Unganged Mode: 07:07 min


AMD X2 4600+

Time: 11:01 min


2.) Covert to DVD (Mpeg 2)

Phenom x4 9550

Ganged Mode: 10:57 min
Unganged Mode: 10:21 min


AMD X2 4600+

Time: 18:31 min



Multi Tasking

Convert 2 file at same time (might stress 3-4 file ) Quite satisfy ~.
*VCD (Mpeg 1)

Phenom x4 9550

1st file= 9:21 min
2nd file=10:34 min


AMD X2 4600+

1st file= 13:31 min
2nd file=20:21 min


===================================

Convert RMVB to DVD (Mpeg1)

*which can find in pasar malam pirated hk-tvb dvd format


RealVideo 9 file (RMVB)
【翻滚吧！蛋炒饭 01】

===== File Info =====
FileSize : 449M
PlayTime : 1hr 34min
VideoCount : 1
AudioCount : 1
===== Video Info =====
Video 0# Stream
VideoCodec : RV40
VideoWidth : 480 pixels
VideoHeight : 360 pixels
VideoFrameRate : 29.970fps
VideoFrameCount : 169120
VideoBitRate : 0
===== Audio Info =====
Audio 0# Stream
AudioCodec : raac
AudioBitRate : 96000
AudioChannels : 2
AudioSampleRate : 44100


Phenom x4 9550

Time: 16:13 min


AMD X2 4600+

Time: 22:41 min



Thats all ~ Thanks reading

This post has been edited by yangxi: May 11 2008, 11:44 AM

Hey ! Nice rig there bro !

u dun have to compare with the q9300..

for me amd phenom is not that bad, just it wont satisfy any overclockers out there!

Amd and Intel quad is a different story for now.. Amd suitable for tight budget and non oc people.. I 2nd what irenic said..

Suitable for Video Editing and HTPC.

~ although most software doesn't optimize Phenom processor.

This post has been edited by yangxi: May 9 2008, 09:05 PM

How about in gaming?

3D mark result ? might test later.
Default built-in core is 500mhz , can oc to 1000mhz.

I not buy extra display card , didn't play games. Sure can't run CRYSIS, COH ..

This post has been edited by yangxi: May 9 2008, 09:34 PM

i have more trust in intel performance..never try amd processor...

i'm using q9550 now..

Hi yangxi , any test on converting rmvb file to dvd?

This post has been edited by kingmax: May 9 2008, 09:44 PM

With the Onboard HD3200 @ Stock clock

I able to run COD4 @ 800x600, Normal quality smooth

why u doubt amd's performance? it's not that bad, when comparing price vs performance @ default

woh Q9550 user.. where u got it from?

This post has been edited by irenic: May 9 2008, 10:01 PM

when it comes to AMD, its bang for buck. and that's it, full stop. its impossible to compare to Intel when u wanna find a cheap multi-tasking rig. even tat Aeneon RAM also says it all.

wow. nice review. too bad yangxi not a overclocker.

2.2ghz quad core still pack a punch in video editing.........

hrm.... should i get this for folding .... hehe.. price seems good

For folding, it is better to get Intel.
I am AMD fans honestly, but i bought Intel for folding sake.

-pWs-

Thanks for coming up with this nice review.
Info and price posted is relevant and good for reference. I am an AMD hardcore fan too.

Yeap for folding go for Intel definitely but if u are on low budget..Ehem ehem u know la