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• The heart of the system was the AMD Athlon XP 2100+
• The backbone of the system was the ASUS A7V266E (BIOS version 1007)
• As graphics adapter, we were using our modded FIC Radeon 8500 LE.
• Since memory is an important factor for the outcome of the benchmark we started out with 256 MB system memory, soon to discover that 512 MB or even 1 B system memory gave us better results.
• We were using Mushkin Level2 PC2100 DDR with the following timing parameters:
  • CAS Latency: 2
  • RAS-To-CAS delay: 2
  • Precharge Delay: 2
  • RAS Pulse Width: 6
  • CMD Rate: 1
  • Bank interleaving: 4-bank
  • System Performance: "Normal"
• The HDD was a 30 GB IBM GXP60, still one of the fastest drives around

• Pioneer 12 x DVD-ROM
• Panasonic floppy drive
• SMC 9332 BDT Etherpower 10/100 Ethernet adapter
  • Windows 2000 Professional
  • VIA 4-In-1 4.37
  • ATI Drivers W2K-6011

Starting out with the AMD XP 2000+ at default speed and 256 MB system memory , we achieved a solid score of 87.9 which increased to 92.7 after doubling the memory to 512 MB but it is easier to look at the scores first and marvel about our accomplishments and then look at how we did it.

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xxxx-yyy gives the official QuantiSpeed rating as well as the FSB at which the benchmark was run, the number in parentheses gives the actual clockspeed (in MHz). Scores are highly dependent on I/O latencies. Increasing the amount of system memory from 256 MB (2000-133*) to 512 MB (2000-133) in order to lower swapfile accesses gives a very healthy boost by itself. Swapping the XP2100+ for the 2000+ does not really do anything for the scores since the I/O latencies are the same and the higher multiplier handicap offsets the extra few MHz core speed. Needless to say that overclocking the FSB yields much better results and here is where the XP 2100 really shines in that it reaches much higher clock and FSB speeds than the 2000+. Judging from several reviews, this appears a common thread amongst the XP2100+. Since it is somewhat difficult to translate overclocked speed into QuantiSpeed ratings, we show the effective MHz in parentheses. The "+" at the top score indicates selection of the "turbo" setting in the BIOS.

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