The Next 'BX': 13 Motherboards For Pentium 4 With Intel's 845 Chipset and Socket mPGA478

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Hardware
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4, 2 GHz
Memory128 PC133 SDRAM, CL2, Micron
Hard DriveWestern Digital WD1000BB;7.200 U/Min, 8 MB Cache
Graphics CardGeForce 3Memory: 64 MB DDR-SDRAMMemory Clock: 400 MHzChip Clock: 250 MHz
Network3COM 3C905B-TX
Drivers & Software
IDE/AGP DriverIntel Application Accelerator 1.1
Graphics DriverDetonator 4 Serie V21.88
DirectX Version8.1 (english)
OSWindows 2000 (Service Pack 2)
Benchmarks and Settings
Quake III ArenaRetail Versioncommand line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail set to 'Normal', 640 x 480 x 16Benchmark using 'Q3DEMO1'
SPECViewPerfVersion 6.1.21280 x 1024 x 16 x 85
MPEG-4 EncodingFlask Mpeg 0.6DivX Codec 4.02.01bCompression: 100Data Rate: 1500 kBit720 x 480 Pixel, 25 fpsno Audio
Sysmark 2000Patch 5
LameLame 3.89 MMX, SSE, SSE 2
WinACEV2.04, 178 MB Wave-Datei, Best Compression, Dictonary 4096 kB
Suse Linux 7.3Kernel 2.4.13 Compiling
Unreal TournamentVersion 4.36Timedemo 1Demoplay utbench
Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.