Unevenly Matched Mini-Trio: MSI vs. Shuttle vs. Saintsong

Performance Analysis: MSI Vs. Shuttle Vs. Saintsong

Test Setup And Details

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Intel Hardware (Socket 478)
Processors - 133 MHz FSB - 533 MHz Memory ClockPentium 4 3.06 GHz (3066 MHz) w/ HT
Motherboards and MemoryGigabyte GA-8GE667 Pro (Intel 845 GE chipset) Revision: 1.012 x 256 MB DDR 400, OCZ, CL 2.0, PC 3200
DriverIntel 845 GE DriverV 6.13.01.3317Intel IAA DriverV 2.3
AMD Hardware (Socket 462)
Processors - 166 MHz FSB - 166 MHz Memory ClockAthlon XP 2700+ (2166 MHz)
Motherboard and MemoryAsus A7N8X (NVIDIA NForce 2) Revision: 1.02Shuttle FN41 (Nvidia Nforce 2 chipset)Revision: 1.42 x 256 MB DDR 333, Infineon, CL 2.0, PC 2700
DriversnForce2 DriverVersion: 2.77 Package
Common Hardware
Graphics CardNvidia GeForce 4 Ti 4600Memory: 128 MB DDR-SDRAMMemory Clock: 325 MHzChip Clock: 300 MHz
Hard Drive40 GB, 6L040J2, MaxtorUDMA100, 7200 rpm, 2 MB Cache
NetworkD-Link DFE-530TX (10/100 Mbit)
CDROMAsus 52x
DirectXVersion: 8.1
OSWindows XP, Build 2600 SP1
Benchmarks and Settings
Bapco Sysmark 2002Version 1.0
Quake III Arena, Patch V1.16640x480 - 16 bit / 1024 x 768 - 32 bitTimedemo1 / demo demo001 / nv15democommand line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail = Normal
3DMark 2001 SEVersion 1.1 - Build 340 - Patch Build 3301024 x 786 - 32 bitDefault Benchmark
PC Mark 2002 Pro Pack - Build 100CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra 2003 SP1CPU MultiMedia / CPU Arithmetic / Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
Winrar - Version 3.11178 MB Wave file, Compression = Best, Dictionary = 4096 kB
magix - mp3 maker platinum - Version 3.04 D178 MB Wave file, 44100 Hz, VBR = on and Quality
Main Concept MPEG-2 EncoderDV to MPEG-2 file encodingVideo + Audio, 1,2 GB source file
Unreal Tournament 2003 - Patch 1 10801024 x 768 / 32 bit / Audio = offbenchmark.exeTexture Detail = Normal, Character Detail = NormalWorld Detail = Highest, Physics Detail = Highall = on, Decal Stay = High