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Test Setup
12:05 PM - March 19, 2001 by
Patrick Schmid
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: cpu, scaling, analysis
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Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: cpu, scaling, analysis
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Table of Contents:
Test Setup
| Test System | |
|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Pentium III 733, 800, 866, 933 MHz |
| Motherboard | Asus CUSL2, Intel 815E Chipset
BIOS 1006 |
| RAM | 128 MB PC133 SDRAM, 7ns (Wichmann Workx) CL2 |
| Hard Disk | IBM DeskStar 75 GXP, DTLA307030, 7200 rpm |
| Graphics Card | nVIDIA GeForce 2 Ultra
64 MB DDR-SDRAM nVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS
nVIDIA GeForce 2 MX
|
| Operating System | Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222 A
Windows 2000 Professional 5.00.2195 SP1 |
| Benchmarks and Setup | |
| Office Applications Benchmark | BAPCo SYSmark2000 |
| OpenGL Benchmarks | Quake III Arena
Retail Version command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0 Graphics detail set to 'Normal', 640x480x16 Benchmark using 'Q3DEMO1' SPECviewperf 6.1.2: Advanced Visualizer and Lightscape |
| Direct3D Game Benchmark | Mercedes Benz Truck Racing
Default Direct 3D Settings |
| Screen Resolution | 1024x768x85, 16 Bit
1280x1024x75, 16 Bit for SPECviewperf 6.1.2 |
| DirectX Version | 8.0a |
Sorry about the missing Pentium III 1 GHz - unfortunately I did not have this CPU when I ran the benchmarks. However, as you will see later, this is by no means crucial because ultimately the graphics card has a greater impact on 3D-performance than the processor.
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