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September 2003
AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide
AMD’s Performance Analysis Tools
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other microprocessor and do not run on processors without SSE2 support (such as
the AMD Athlon XP processor).
Benchmark Configuration and Testing
To install the benchmarks:
1.
Place the CD in the drive and double click
PATSETUP.MSI
.
2.
Click
next
to go to the license screen.
3.
Read the license and click the
accept
or
decline radio button (Declining the license
agreement will not allow you to continue).
4.
Click
next
to get to the installation folder
screen.
5.
Click
next
to accept the installation directory
or browse to change the directory. (All
instructions are written as if you accepted the
default installation directory. (The DivX, RSA,
and streams benchmark will install in the
C:\AMDPATR1
directory.
6.
On the ready to install screen click
next
to
install, the files will be copied to the
destination folder.
7.
Click
finish
to complete the installation.
To install mini_GZIP
1.
Copy the
mini_GZIP
folder from the CD to the
same installation folder as the above step.
To install the Video clip to use for DIVX
encode
1.
Copy the file
AustinMontageShort.avi
to the
folder
c:\AMDPATR1\DivXEncoderBenchmark
When you have completed the above steps you
should have a folder in the root directory named
AMDPATR1
. That folder should contain four
folders named
DivXEncoderBenchmark
,
RSA
,
Streams
, and
mini_gzip
.
To run the DivX Encoder benchmark
First create a file that can be encoded by the DivX
encoder:
1.
Boot the system in 32-bit Windows mode.
2.
Change to the drive where the benchmarks are
installed.
3.
Type
c:
press <Enter>.
4.
Change directory to the installation folder.
a.
Type
cd AMDPATR1
press <Enter>.
5.
Change to the DivX directory.
a.
Type
cd DivXencoderBenchmark
press
<
Enter
>.
6.
Convert the video clip.
a.
Type in
yuvcvt ausitnmontage.avi
and
press <
Enter
>.
To execute the 32-bit version of DivX
Encode
1.
Boot the system in 32-bit Windows mode.
2.
Click on
Start
,
Run
a.
Type in
cmd
and click
OK
3.
Change to the drive where the benchmarks are
installed.
a.
Type
c
: press <
Enter
>
4.
Change directory to the installation folder.
a.
Type
cd AMDPATR1
and press <
Enter
>.
5.
Change to the DivX directory.
a.
Type
cd DivXEncoderBenchmark
press
<
Enter
>.
Run the benchmark.
1.
Type
em503-32 –d32bit.txt
AustinMontageShort.yuv
and press
<
Enter
>.
To execute the 64 bit version of MiniGzip
1.
Boot the system in 64 bit Windows mode.
2.
Click on
Start
,
Run
.
a.
Type in
cmd
and click
OK
.
3.
Change to the drive where the benchmarks are
installed.
a.
Type
c:
press <
Enter
>.
4.
Change the active directory to the installation
folder.
a.
Type cd AMDPATR1 press <
Enter
>
5.
Change to the DivX directory.
a.
Type
cd DivXencoderBenchmark
press
<
Enter
>.
Run the benchmark
1.
Type
em503-64 –d64bit.txt
AustinMontageShort.yuv