Base PC Configuration
| Intel Pentium II 233 MHz (barebones system) | |
|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
66 MHz FSB |
| Memory | 1x 64 MB SDRAM PC-66 (generic) |
| Motherboard | Abit AB-BX6, Intel 440BX Chipset |
| Graphics Card | Nvidia Riva TNT2 Ultra |
| Intel Pentium III 800 MHz (FCPGA) | |
| CPU | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
133 MHz FSB |
| Memory | 1x 128 MB SD-RAM PC-133 (Wichmann) |
| Motherboard | ASUS CUSL2 Revision: 1.02
Bios: 1006 Beta 011 |
| Intel Pentium 4 1500 MHz | |
| CPU | Intel Pentium 4 1500 MHz
400 MHz FSB |
| Memory | 2 x 128 MB RIMM PC-800 (Samsung) |
| Motherboard | ASUS P4T Revision: 1.06
Bios: 1001 |
| Hardware - general | |
| Hard Drive | 30,7 GB IBM DTLA - 307030
UDMA 100, 7200 rpm, 2 MB Cache |
| Graphics Card | |
| RIVA TNT2 ULTRA | ASUS AGP-V 3800 (TV)
Memory: 32 MB SDRAM Chip speed: 145 MHz Memory speed: 200 MHz |
| GeForce 2 MX 200 | Creative 3D Blaster GeForce 2 MX
Memory: 32 MB DDR-SDRAM Chip speed: 175 MHz Memory clock: 286,4 MHz |
| GeForce 2 ULTRA | NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS ULTRA
Memory: 64 MB SDRAM Chip speed: 250 MHz Memory clock: 458,2 MHz |
| Software and Drivers | |
| Operating System | Windows 98 SE |
| Graphics Card Driver: | Detonator Series 3 Version 6.67 (WHQL) |
| Chipset Driver | Intel V2.60.001 |
| IDE Driver | Intel V6.03.008 |
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
| MPEG-4 Encoding | Flask V0.6
DivX V3.22b Compression: 100 Data Rate: 1500 kBit 720x576 Pixel, 25 fps Deinterlace (slow) HQ Bicubic Filtering 128 kBit MP3, 48.000 Hz |
| Sysmark 2000 | Screen Setup 1024x768x16
Patch 4B |
| Quake 3 Arena | 4Patch V1.16 setup: default
Vsync: off command line: "timedemo 1" command line: "demo demo001" |
Our base PC was manufactured in 1998 and is based on a motherboard furnished with Intel's 440BX chipset. This Abit BX6 is, however, not the original motherboard supplied with the system. The old computer originally came equipped with a board that used an Intel 440LX chipset. The Abit BX6 has turned out to be a motherboard that's easy to upgrade with faster processors. The 64 MB memory installed on the board isn't up to date any longer. Hard drive capacity has also been upgraded at some point in time as well. We'll be discussing several upgrade options and their respective prices. A summary of these prices is given at the end of the article in the form of a chart.
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