The Test Platforms
We tested all cards on two 800 MHz platforms. One was based on Intel's workstation board OR840 that we equipped with 384 MByte PC800 RDRAM. The processor was a Coppermine Pentium III 800EB. The Intel chipset i840 supports two Rambus channels, allowing doubling the maximum bandwidth to 2 x 1.6 GByte/s.
Alternatively we tested on the much cheaper Athlon 800 platform with 384 MByte PC133 SDRAM. We used the Asus K7V with KX133 chipset from VIA as motherboard. The maximum SDRAM memory bandwidth is 1.1 GByte/s.
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| Pentium III Platform | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Pentium III 800EB |
| L2-Cache Speed | 800 MHz |
| Front Side Bus | 133 MHz Single Data Rate |
| Motherboard | Intel OR840, Special unreleased BIOS |
| Main Memory | Samsung PC800 RDRAM 384 MByte(max. 1,6 GByte/s) |
| Athlon Platform | |
| Prozessor | AMD Athlon 800 A |
| L2-Cache Speed | 320 MHz |
| Front Side Bus | 100 MHz Double Data Rate |
| Motherboard | Asus K7V, VIA KX133 Chipsatz, Rev. 1.01, BIOS 1004.03 |
| Main Memory | Wichmann Workx PC133 SDRAM 384 MB CL2(max. 1,1 GByte/s) |
| Other Components | |
| Network | 3COM 3C905B-TX |
| Hard Disc | Seagate Barracuda ATA ST320430A |
| Drivers | |
| KX133 Drivers under NT 4 | VIA 4in1 v4.20 (HDD Busmastering only) |
| i840 Drivers under NT4 | NT4 Standard Drivers (HDD Busmastering) |
| Oxygen GVX1 | 3Dlabs 4.10.01.2105-2.15.0264 |
| Oxygen GVX210 | 3Dlabs 4.10.01.2105-2.15.0264 |
| FireGL 1 Pro | Diamond 4.00.1381.1090 |
| Lightning 1200 | E&S v3.0LG-B1102 |
| Gloria II | Elsa 4.02.04.102, Elsa 4.02.04.116, Nvidia Detonator 5.13 |
| Software and Settings | |
| OS | Windows NT4 Sevice Pack 6a 4.00.1381 |
| Resolutions | 1280x1024x32x85 for all OpenGL tests |
| 3D Studio Max | Revision 3.1R3 Benchmark |
| Solidworks 99 | SP4 Build 292SPECapc SW99 Benchmark |
| Viewperf | Version 6.1.1 |
| Glaze 3D | Standard Benchmark |
| FogCity | HIGH DETAIL, VIEW DISTANCE: FAR, FLY: NIGHTDYNAMICFOG: HIGH, glHint: GL_NICEST |
