Episode II: Attack of the Chipsets - Intel 845E and 845G for 533 MHz FSB and DDR-SDRAM

3D Rendering: Cinema 4D XL 7

Here, the 845G shows off ist full potential: Rendering is finished fastest with this platform. It's surprising to see the P4X333 lag clearly behind.

WinACE 2.11: Kompressions-Test

This real-world benchmark seems to do many transactions in the memory - most likely due to the internal "e;dictionary"e; that is used; WinACE compares data patterns of the files which are to be compressed with it. Here, 850E is clearly ahead. The 845G also is able to beat VIA's P4X333.

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.