Test Setup
| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Socket 775 Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
(Conroe 65 nm, 2.67 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache) |
| RAM | Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF
2x 1024 MB DDR2-1111 (CL 4.0-4-4-12) |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital WD1500ADFD-00NLR1, Firmware : 20.07P20
150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150 |
| Graphics Card | Foxconn GeForce 8800GTX, P/N : FV-N88XMAD2-OD
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX - 768 MB |
| Power Supply | OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI - 700W |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Platform Drivers | Intel INF 8.3.0.1013 |
| Graphics Driver | NVIDIA Forceware 158.19 |
With no other DDR3 chipsets to compare, P35 Express motherboards will stand against each other in this round. Anyone interested in seeing how its performance compares to nVidia’s directly-competitive DDR2 chipset can find an identical configuration in our recent 650i Roundup
New to this comparison is Corsair’s DDR3-1066 CAS7. Because DDR3 is still an early-development product, we don’t expect significantly lower latencies to reach the mass market for several weeks
Though the P35 Express chipset can support a limited-performance Crossfire configuration through an x16 and x4 slot, the high-performance Foxconn 8800GTX was instead chosen in a single-card configuration.
Hard drives don’t progress nearly as quickly as core logic, and Western Digital’s relatively-old 150 GB Raptor still represents pinnacle performance.
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| 3D-Games | |
| Call of Duty 2 | Version : 1.03
Video Mode : 1024x768 Anti-aliasing : off Shadows : no timedemo demo2 |
| F.E.A.R | Version : 1.0 Retail
Video Mode : 1024x768 Computer : Medium Graphics : Medium Test Path : Options/Performance/Test Settings |
| Quake 4 | Version : 1.2 (Dual-Core Patch)
Video Mode : 1024x768 Video Quality : default THG Timedemo waste.map timedemo demo8.demo 1 (1 = load textures) |
| Audio | |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.97 Beta 2 (12-22-2005)
Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min wave to mp3 160 kbps |
| OGG | Version 1.1.2 (Intel P4 MOD)
Version 1.1.2 (Intel AMD MOD) Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min wave to ogg Quality : 5 |
| Video | |
| TMPEG 3.0 Express | Version : 3.0.4.24 (no Audio)
fist 5 Minutes DVD Terminator 2 SE (704x576) 16:9 Multithreading by rendering |
| DivX 6.1 | Profile : High Definition Profile
1-pass, 3000 kbit/s Encoding mode : Insane Quality Enhanced multithreading no Audio |
| XviD 1.1.0 | Version : 1.1.0 Beta 2
Target qantizer : 1.00 |
| Applications | |
| Autodesk 3D Studio Max | Version : 8.0
Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig" rendering HTDV 1920x1080 |
| Synthetics | |
| PCMark05 Pro | Version : 1.1.0
System, CPU and Memory Tests Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646 Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980 |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2005 | Version 2005.7.10.60
CPU Test = Arithmetic, Multimedia Benchmarks Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
Dont get any biostar mobo, they all have capacitor problems in my experience.
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R support up to 4GB DDR3 memory. However, could 8GBs 2x4GB DDR3 modules be used as long as it is within the top 1333 limit on the board?