Posted Jul 16, 2006 at 02:53AM by Alaric S. Listed in: Apple, Mobile Tags: Adobe, Photoshop, AMD, Intel, Core 2 Duo
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core 2The team behind [H]Enthusiast tried out three core processors particularly for systems heavy on video editing, music encoding music and manipulating images. The contestants were Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800, Intel Core 2 Duo E6700, and AMD Athlon 64 FX-32.


The mission: Determine real-world benchmarks for functions an average person would perform on a home PC with similar specs.


The tests:
  • Ripping a full-length motion picture from a DVD
  • EncodingFrank Zappa's Packard Goose to an iPod native .mp4 / AAC file using iTunes
  • Running Adobe Photoshop v8 and Driver Heaven's testing suite
  • Importing a 2.3GB avi file imported from a camcorder
  • Importing an 800MB MiniDV video clip from a video camera using Windows Movie Maker to encode it to the 2.1Mbps bitrate
The findings: When it comes to editing video, manipulating images, or encoding music, the Intel Core 2 Duo and Extreme processors at 2.66GHz outclassed AMD’s Athlon FX and Athlon 64 line of processors.


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   by Geek (Unregistered) - 2006-07-16
 » Core 2

It is a AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 not AMD Athlon 64 FX-32.

And not only did the core 2 were faster than the AMD in editing video, manipulating images, or encoding music they were faster in EVERY BENCHMARK.

Intel RULES






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   by Matt (Unregistered) - 2006-07-16
 » Wheres the X2

Why did they test dual core Intels vs single core AMD? That seems a little one sided to me. Perhaps they should have tested it against a comparable AMD product like the X2.

   by Geek (Unregistered) - 2006-07-16
 » Intel rules

@ Matt The new FX-62 is a dual core

   by Geek#2 (Unregistered) - 2006-07-22
 » STFU INTEL CAN KISS MY ASS!!!!!!!

This is total bull*****. The tester were paid by Intel and everybody knows AMD rules when it comes to games. And why didnt they put socket 939 Opteron in the test?



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