Test Setup: VIA Vs. Intel Vs. SiS
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| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Pentium 4/2000 MHz (400 MHz QDR FSB), Sockel 478 |
| Motherboards | |
| VIA P4X266A | VIA P4XB reference board Revision: NABios: P4XBS09p Datum: Nov 15, 2001 |
| VIA P4X266 | Shuttle AV40V12 Revision: 1.2Bios: AV40902E Date: Sep 5, 20001 |
| Intel 850 | ASUS P4T-E Revision: 1.00Bios:1005 BETA 002 Date: Dec 11, 2001 |
| Intel 845 | MSI 845 Pro 2 Revision: NABios: 1.0B7 Date: Aug 03, 2001 |
| Intel 845D | ASUS P4B266 Revision: 2.01Bios: 1003 Date: Dec 6, 2001 |
| SIS 645 | SIS SS51A reference boardBios: 645p14k9 Date: Sep 19, 2001 |
| Memory | |
| DDR266 Memory | 256 MB, DDR266 PC2100 SDRAM CL2.0, Micron |
| RDRAM Memory | 2 x 128 MB PC800 RDRAM, Viking |
| DDR333 Memory | 256 MB DDR333 SDRAM CL2, Kingmax MPLB62D-68KX3 |
| PC133 Memory | 256 MB PC133 SDRAM CL2, Wichman WorkX |
| Common Hardware | |
| Graphics Card | GeForce 3Memory: 64 MB DDR-SDRAMMemory clock: 400 MHzChip clock: 250 MHz |
| Hard Disk | 40 GB, 5T040H4, MaxtorUDMA100 7200 rpm, 2 MB Cache |
| Drivers & Software | |
| Chipset driver (Intel) | 3.20.1008 |
| Chipset driver (VIA) | 4in1 - V4.35 |
| Graphics driver | Detonator 4 Series V23.10 |
| DirectX Version | 8.1 |
| OS | Windows XP, Build 2600 |
| 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' |
| SiSoft Sandra 2001 | Professional Version 2001.3.7.50 |
| Newtek Lightwave | Rendering Bench SKULL_HEAD_NEWEST.LWS |
| mpeg4 encoding | Flask X4.2ADivX-Codec 4.11Compression: 100Data Rate: 1500 kBitFormat: 720x480 Pixel@25 fpsno Audio |
| Studio 7 | Version 7.07.1 (MPEG 2) |
| Sysmark 2001 | Patch 3 |
| Lame | Lame 3.89 MMX, SSE, SSE 2, 3DNow |
| WinACE | 2.04, 178 MB Wave-Datei, best compression, Dictonary 4096 kB |
| Suse Linux 7.3 | Kernel 2.4.13 Compiling |
Six systems were all put through our benchmarking ordeal. All DDR platforms use PC266 DDR memory with CL2. The Asus P4X266 uses the VIA chipset, P4B266 the new i845D. The SiS S551A reference board with the SiS645 is a special exception. Its highlight is the option to use DDR333 (PC2700) memory (clocked at 166 MHz double-pumped). The oldest candidate is Intel's 850 chipset (on the Asus P4T-E). Taillight is the i845 with SDRAM support. Here we used the 845 Pro 2 from MSI.
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