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So far our digital camera tests have been somewhat uneventful. The P4, Opteron 246, and Athlon64 3200+ have been neck and neck. To keep you interested, this is yet another example that fast memory can be more important than a fast CPU. In our last test with Neat Image, things get considerably more interesting.





Now there is a larger difference between the Pentium 4 and Athlon64 3200+ in this test. Since Neat Image is a single threaded application, we ran two copies of Neat Image simultaneously to evaluate the benefit of a second CPU since large image batches are common - adding the second CPU allows you to essentially process twice as many images in the same amount of time. Once again, on the Pentium 4, fast memory buys you better performance than extra megahertz.