For this test, we used the same hardware as in our last test 5 New SocketA Boards With UltraATA/100 . Also, the versions for the driver remained. Therefore, a direct comparison with the older KT133 boards is possible.
Asus V7700 AGP, nVIDIA GeForce2 GTS, 32 MB DDR SDRAM
Software & Drivers
HDD/Motherboard/ AGP-Driver
VIA All-in-One 4.23 (Win 98 und 2000)
Graphics Driver
NVIDIA Reference driver 5.23 (Win 98 und 2000)
DirectX Version
7
OS
Windows 98 SE, Version 4.10.2222 AWindows 2000, Version 5.00.2195, SP1
Benchmarks and Settings
Quake III Arena
Retail Versioncommand line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail set to 'Normal', 640x480x16Benchmark using 'Q3DEMO1'
Expendable
Downloadable Demo Versioncommand line = -timedemo640x480x16
Sysmark 2000
Patch 4B1024x768x16
ViewPerf
Version 4.1.21280x1024x16
Refresh rate
85 Hz for all Tests, V-Sync = off
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