30579 Rev. 3.1
September 2003
AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide
Benchmark Configuration and Testing
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5.
Click “
Ok
” to begin setup.
6.
Click “
Ok
” to complete setup.
7.
Click “
No
” to not check for available updates.
8.
Click “
Ok
” to register now and click “
Register
Later
”.
9.
Click “
Next
” “
Select Components
”.
10.
Click “
Finish
” to complete setup.
11.
Go to Windows “
Start
” menu and select
“
Half-Life
”.
12.
Click on “
Don’t show me again
”.
13.
Click “
Continue
” to acknowledge compatibility
issue.
14.
Type in registration code and click “
Finish
”.
15.
Execute “
Half-Life Console
”.
16.
Click “
Configuration
,” “
Video
,” and “
Video
Modes
”.
17.
Select “
Open GL
” and click “
Ok
”.
18.
Click “
Cancel
” for “
New Connection
Wizard
”.
19.
Select “
1024x768
” and click “
Ok
”.
20.
Click “
Done
” to exit video menu.
21.
Click “
Done
” to exit menu.
22.
Click “
Quit
” to exit game.
23.
Click “
Ok
” to confirm exit.
24.
Install Half-Life patch: “
10051009.exe
”.
a.
Click “
Next
” to install Half-Life Update
1.0.0.9.
b.
Click “
I Agree
” to accept “
License
Agreement
”.
c.
Click “
Next
” for “
Read Me File”.
d.
Click “
Next
” to install to default
“
Destination Location
”.
e.
Click “
Next
” to “
Start Installation
”.
f.
Click “
Next
” to place shortcut on desktop.
g.
Click “
Finish
” to compete installation.
25.
Move “
smoking.dem
” to “c:\SIERRA\Half-
Life\valve\”.
26.
Move the
maps
folder to “c:\SIERRA\Half-
Life\valve\”.
To run the benchmark:
1.
Insert CD in CD-Rom.
2.
Execute “
Half-Life Console
” from start menu.
3.
Click “
Console
”.
4.
Eject CD from CD-Rom so that music does not
play.
5.
Type “
timedemo
smoking
”.
6.
Hit “
Enter
” to launch demo.
Quake III Demo2 (1024x768x32)
1.
Install Quake III:
Q3Ademo.exe.
2.
Click “
Next
” to install Quake 3 Arena Demo.
3.
Click “
Yes
” to accept “
License Agreement
”.
4.
Click “
Next
” to install to default “
Destination
Location
”.
5.
Click “
Next
” to install.
6.
Click “
Close
” to complete setup.
To run the benchmark:
1.
Execute “
Quake3
” from desktop.
2.
Click “
Setup
”.
3.
Click “
System
”.
4.
Click “
Video Mode
” to select “
1024x768
”.
5.
Click “
Color Depth
” to select “
32 Bit
”.
6.
Click “
Accept
”.
7.
Hit "
~
" for console command view. Type the
following commands to configure and run the
demo:
a.
“
s_initsound 0
”
b.
“
snd_restart
”
c.
Hit “
~
”
d.
“
com_maxfps 0
”
e.
“
vid_restart
”
f.
Hit “
~
”
g.
“
timedemo 1
”
h.
“
demo demo002
”
8.
Hit “
Enter
” to launch demo.
9.
Hit "
~
" to view results.
RazorLame
1.
Install “
ezcddax6.exe
” to convert ripping CD
to wav format.
2.
Click “
Next
” to continue ripping from “
Easy
CD-DA Extractor Setup
”.
3.
Click “
Next
” to install program into default
folder.
4.
Click “
Finish
”.
5.
Insert “Pi
nk Floyd - Wish You Were Here
”
Audio CD into drive.
6.
Go to “
Start
”, “
Programs
”, “
Easy CD-DA
Extractor 6
”, and “
Easy CD-DA Extractor
”.
7.
Click “
Evaluate the Software
”.
a.
Select “
Device
” to “
Hitachi GD-2000
1000
” to reflect the CDROM is installed on
the computer.
b.
Select all tracks.
c.
Click “
Copy
” to continue.
d.
In the dialog box, change output folder to
“
C:\Pink Floyd
”.
e.
Go to “
Integrated Formats
” tab; choose
“
.wav (standard)
” in the first drop down
box.
f.
Click “
Start Copying
” to copy files.
8.
Burn the raw files to another CD.
9.
Input the burned CD into the computer.
10.
Choose folder “
Pink Floyd
”.
11.
Copy folder from CD to desktop.