Market Survey, Part 1: A Comparison Of The Latest Pentium 4 Motherboards

Features
By Patrick Schmid
published

Test Setup

Service Pack

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Intel Processors (Socket 775)
200 MHz FSB (DUAL DDR400)Pentium 4 Processor 570 (3.8 GHz)
Memory
DDR2-5332x 512 MB MicronMT16HTF646AG-53EB2PC2-4300U-44410-B0Timinigs:CL 3.0-3-3-6
DDR4002x 512 MB CorsiarCMX512-3500C2 XMS3502v1.1Timings: 2.0-2-2-5
Common Hardware
Graphics Card INVIDIA GeForce 6 Series
PCI-ExpressGPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GTMemory: 256 MB GDDR3-SDRAM
Hard DriveMaxtor MaxLine III 250 GB SATA 150250 GB, 16 MB Cache, 7200 rpm
DVD/CD-ROMGigabyte GA-GO-D1600C
Software
NVIDIA GraphicsDetonator 66.93
Intel Chipset DriverVersion 6.2.1.1001 (7/26/2004)
DirectX9.0c
OSWindows XP Professional, 5.1.2600

Benchmark Settings

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Benchmarks and SettingsOpenGL
WolfensteinVersion: 2.55Enemy Territory1024 x 786 - 32 bittimedemo 1 / demo demo4Graphics detail = CustomGeometric Detail = HighTexture Detail = High
Doom 3Version 1.0.12621024 x 768 - 32 bithigh qualitytimedemo demo1
DirectX 8
Unreal Tournament 2004Version: 32041024 x 768 - 32 bit / Audio = offthg9 assault botmatch
DirectX 9
3DMark 20051024 x 786 - 32 bitGraphics and CPU Default Benchmark
FarCryVersion 1.1 Build 12561280 x 1024 - 32 bitquality options = very high
Synthetic
PCMark 2004 ProVersion: 1.2.0CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra 2005Version 2005.1.10.37CPU Test = MultiMedia / CPU ArithmeticMemory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark
Audio Encoding
Lame MP3Version 3.96WAV 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to MP332 - 320 kbitVBR = level 3
libvorbis OGGVersion: 1.0.1WAV 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to oggquality = 5
Video Encoding & Rendering
3D Studio Max 6.0Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"
DiscreetResolution: 1280 x 1024Rendering of single frame
Auto Gordian KnotDivX 5.21XviD 1.0.3Version: 1.84 Beta182 MB VOB MPEG-2 sourceAudio = AC3 6chCustom size of destination = 100 MBEncoding 720x576 @ 25 fpsAudio = CBR MP3, kbps 192
Pinnacle Studio 9Version: 9.1.295 MB sourceEncoding and TransitionsRendering to MPEG-2/DVD
Applications
WinrarVersion 3.40303 MB, 47 FilesCompression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB
Patrick Schmid