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Blackeagle · 05-12-2003, 12:07 PM

After reading this tread I did some looking around. I was concerned as I'm thinking on buying a XP3200+ once they are out and the price drops a bit.

At the Inquirer I read a article on this issue that make referance to a PCWorld set up benchmark made up of differant apps. that are in real world use, not synthetics (sp). Seemed a good idea to me, after all I'm not into benching.

According to PC World the XP3000+ does beat out the P4 3.06 CPU, just not by 17%. The 3000+ scored 137 in their benches, the highest ever scored on the best system tested. They ran the same tests on two other high end set-ups from other suppliers and they scored 134 & 136, close.

The p4 3.06 best score on these tests was a 132 (three systems also), while the worest was a 117 with the last system ran them at 127.

Comparing scores the 3000+ came out on top, in these tests. And for me the scores on a test that isn't a real app is less impressive than tests run on real apps.

ALL the differant top benchies these days seem to show bias. And it seems Intell is by far the big winner in that bias. So for me tests makeing use of real apps are the ones I'll go on. I think a comparison of past benches and present ones show this to be a real problem. But that has been covered by many others better at judging than I already.

I know this won't matter to those who love to try to set new high marks in 3DMarks or other benchies. They have to go with what the benchies are, just the way it is.

05-12-2003, 12:07 PM	#11
Blackeagle Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: U.S.A = Michigan Posts: 1,243	Or is Intell the bigger & better liar??? After reading this tread I did some looking around. I was concerned as I'm thinking on buying a XP3200+ once they are out and the price drops a bit. At the Inquirer I read a article on this issue that make referance to a PCWorld set up benchmark made up of differant apps. that are in real world use, not synthetics (sp). Seemed a good idea to me, after all I'm not into benching. According to PC World the XP3000+ does beat out the P4 3.06 CPU, just not by 17%. The 3000+ scored 137 in their benches, the highest ever scored on the best system tested. They ran the same tests on two other high end set-ups from other suppliers and they scored 134 & 136, close. The p4 3.06 best score on these tests was a 132 (three systems also), while the worest was a 117 with the last system ran them at 127. Comparing scores the 3000+ came out on top, in these tests. And for me the scores on a test that isn't a real app is less impressive than tests run on real apps. ALL the differant top benchies these days seem to show bias. And it seems Intell is by far the big winner in that bias. So for me tests makeing use of real apps are the ones I'll go on. I think a comparison of past benches and present ones show this to be a real problem. But that has been covered by many others better at judging than I already. I know this won't matter to those who love to try to set new high marks in 3DMarks or other benchies. They have to go with what the benchies are, just the way it is.