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Section	Page
Revision History	7
About This Document	11
Audience	11
Life of Document	11
AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture	12
Table 1. Memory Bandwidth	12
Figure 1. Dual-Core Processor Architecture	13
Table 2. Effect of Memory Bandwidth on Performance	14
Table 3. Effect of Memory Latency on Performance	14
Figure 2. HyperTransport™ Technology Block Diagram	15
AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture	16
Figure 3. AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture	16
Benchmarking Methodology	17
Benchmark Description	17
Table 4. Benchmark Application Sets	19
Benchmarking System Configuration	20
Test System Configurations	20
Table 5. AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System	20
Table 6. AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture	21
Windows Vista™ Installation	21
BIOS Configuration	21
RAID Configuration	23
Operating System Configuration	23
Windows® XP Professional Installation	26
BIOS Configuration	26
RAID Configuration	27
Operating System Configuration	28
Driver Installation	30
Video Card Setup	31
Benchmark Installation and Testing	32
Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications	33
CINEBENCH	33
Crafty	33
Panorama Factory	33
POV-Ray	33
Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications	34
3DMark™06	34
Cakewalk Sonar	34
CINEBENCH	35
Crafty	35
Dr. DivX	35
POV-Ray	35
Vegas	35
Windows® XP Professional, 32-Bit Applications	36
3DMark™06	36
Cakewalk Sonar	36
CINEBENCH	37
Crafty	37
Dr. DivX	37
High Performance Gaming and Multimedia Experience (City of Villains and Windows® Media Encoder 9)	37
POV-Ray	38
Vegas	38
Benchmarking Results	39
Overall Performance	39
Figure 4. Overall Performance	39
Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications	40
Figure 5. Overall Performance, Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications	40
Figure 6. CINEBENCH Performance	41
Figure 7. Crafty Performance¶	41
Figure 8. Panorama Factory Performance	42
Figure 9. POV-Ray Performance	42
Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications	43
Figure 10. Overall Performance, Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications	43
Figure 11. 3DMark™06 Performance¶	44
Figure 12. Cakewalk Sonar Performance	44
Figure 13. CINEBENCH Performance	45
Figure 14. Crafty Performance¶	45
Figure 15. Dr. DivX Performance	46
Figure 16. POV-Ray Performance	46
Figure 17. Vegas Performance	47
Windows® XP Professional, 32-Bit Applications	48
Figure 18. Overall Performance, Windows® XP Professional, 32-Bit Applications	48
Figure 19. 3DMark™06 Performance¶	49
Figure 20. Cakewalk Sonar Performance	49
Figure 21. CINEBENCH Performance	50
Figure 22. Crafty Performance¶	50
Figure 23. Dr. DivX Performance	51
Figure 24. High Performance Gaming and Multimedia Performance¶,·	51
Figure 25. Panorama Factory Performance	52
Figure 26. POV-Ray Performance	52
Figure 27. Vegas Performance	53

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