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

Test Setup

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Intel Hardware (Sockel 478)133 MHz FSB - 533 MHz Memory Clock
Processor Pentium 4 2.53 GHz
Motherboards
Intel 850 E Asus P4T533-C Revision: 1.01 Bios: 1001 BETA 007
Intel 845 E Asus P4T533-E Revision: 1.01 Bios: 1002 BETA 007
Intel 845 G Gigabyte GA-8IGXP 533 Revision: 1.1 Bios: F2c M
VIA P4X333 VIA Reference Board VT8116 Bios: 6877
Memory Setup by CL2-2-2 (no Sale)
RAM 1 2x 256 MB RDRAM, PC800, 400 MHz, 40ns, Infineon
RAM 2 4x 128 MB RDRAM, PC1066, 533 MHz, 32ns, Samsung
RAM 3 1 x 512 MB, DDR333, 166 MHz, CL2.0, Winbond
Common Hardware
Graphics Card GeForce 4 Ti 4600 (MSI MS-8870)Memory: 128 MB DDR-SDRAMMemory Clock: 650 MHzChip Clock: 300 MHz
Hard Drive Maxtor 40 GB, 5T040H4UltraATA/100, 7,200 rpm, 2 MB Cache
Drivers & Software
Graphics Driver Detonator 4 Series V28.32
VIA Chipset Driver V1.50 BETA
VIA AGP Driver V4.11 BETA
DirectX Version 8.1
Intel 850E Driver V 4.00.1009
Intel 850 Driver V 3.20.1008
Intel IAA Driver V 2.0
Operating System Windows 2000 SP2 (englisch)
Benchmarks and Settings
Quake III Arena Retail Version 1.16command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail set to 'Normal'Benchmark using 'Q3DEMO1'
3DMark2000 Pro Version 1.1 Build 340 - default Benchmark
3DMark2001 Pro Build 200 - default Benchmark
PCMark2002 Pro only CPU and Memory Bench (no Video Memory)
SiSoft Sandra 2001 Professional Version 2001.3.7.50
SPEC viewperf V7.0 (1280x1024/32Bit)
mpeg4 encoding Xmpeg 4.5DivX 5.01 Pro (YV12)Compression/quality: SlowestData Rate: 780 kBitFormat: 720x576 Pixel@25 fps150 MB VOB-Datei, no Audio
Studio 7 Version 7.31.6 (MPEG 2)
Sysmark 2002 no Patch
Lame Lame 3.91 MMX, SSE, SSE 2, 3DNow!
WinACE 2.11, 178 MB Wave-Datei, Best Compression, Dictonary 4096 kB
Cinema 4D XL R7 Version V7.303 Rendering: 1024x768
3D Studio Max Version 4.2Rendering of Scene "e;Rabbit"e;800x600 10 Bilder
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.