There's No Stopping Them: SiS Beats AMD & Co

Features
By Frank Völkel
published

Benchmark Summary

Both reference boards underwent a comprehensive testing procedure. The benchmarks that we ran were intended to reproduce operational performance as realistically as possible. A look at the benchmark graphics makes it immediately clear that only the SiS-735 chipset for the AMD platform shines with outstanding performance. In contrast, the SiS 635 placed last among its competitors in almost every benchmark.

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Hardware
CPU (SIS 635)Pentium III 1000 MHz / 133 MHz FSB
CPU (SIS 735)AMD Athlon 1200 MHz / 133 MHz FSB
Memory128 MB DDR-SDRAM 266 MHz CL2.5 Micron
HarddiskIBM DTLA-307030, 30,7 GBytesUltraDMA/100, 7200 U/min
Graphics card 1:NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTSASUS AGP - 7700 (TVR)Memory: 32 MB DDR-SDRAMChipset speed: 199,7 MHzMemory speed: 332,9 MHz
Graphics card 2:NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS ULTRAELSA Gloria IIIMemory: 64 MB SD-RAMChipset speed: 250,0 MHzMemory speed: 400,9 MHz
Drivers & Software
AGP - driverSIS AGP V1.03
IDE / Chipset - driverMicrosoft default
DirectX Version8.0a
OSWindows 98 SE, Version 4.10.2222 A
Benchmarks
Quake III ArenaRetail Versioncommand line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail set to 'Normal', 640x480x16Benchmark using 'Q3DEMO1'
Sysmark 2000Patch 4B (1024x768x16x85)
ViewPerfVersion 6.1.2 (1280x1024x16x85)
Linux Kernel CompilationSuSE Linux 6.4, Kernel 2.2.14, THG benchmarking kernel, gcc 2.95.2
Flask mpeg4 Encoding"Video Codec: DivX 3.11 alpha, Fast-Motion, keyframe every 10 seconds, compression 100, data rate 910 kbps Audio Codec: audio not processed Video Resolution: 720x576, 25 fps, interlaced Resizing: Nearest Neighbor "
Unreal TurnamentV4.28 UTBench (640x480x16x85)Vsync = off
Frank Völkel