Micron's Upcoming Samurai DDR Chipset - First Looks
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By Brent Kerby
published 3D Gaming Performance Under Windows 98SE
The Samurai DDR platform provides the best frame-rate keeping up with the i840 platform. The BX platform is clearly outperformed by over 8 FPS even when configured with a 750 MHz CPU!
The DDR platform overtakes the i840 by over 3FPS. Even though the i840 has a higher memory bandwidth, it looks like the higher memory latencies are getting in its way. The Samurai DDR chipset looks like it will make a great Quake 3 playing machine.
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