Benchmark Setup
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| Intel 440 BX Chipset | |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | Asus P3B-F, BIOS 1004, December 6, 1999 |
| Memory | 512 MB, 4 pieces 128 MB Micron PC133 CAS2 |
| Network | 3Com 3C905B-TX |
| Intel 820 Chipset | |
| Motherboard | Asus P3C-L, BIOS 1007, December 10, 1999 |
| Memory | 512 MB, 2 pieces Samsung 256 MB 800 MHz RDRAM |
| Network | onboard Intel 82559 |
| Intel 840 Chipset | |
| Motherboard | Intel OR840 |
| Memory | 512 MB, 2 pieces Samsung 256 MB 800 MHz RDRAM |
| Network | onboard Intel 82559 |
| Common Hardware | |
| Hard Drive for all systems | Western Digital WDAC 418000 |
| Driver Information | |
| NVIDIA GeForce 256 | 4.12.01.0353120 MHz Core, 300 MHz DDR-RAM 32 MB |
| ATA Driver | NT & 98 Ultra ATA BM driver v5.00.038 |
| Environment Settings | |
| OS Versions | Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222 AScreen Resolution 1024x768x16x85Windows NT 4.0 w/Service Pack 6aScreen Resolution 1024x768x16x85 for Sysmark98Screen Resolution 1280x1024x32x85 for SPECviewperf and Highend Winstone98 |
| DirectX Version | 7.0 |
| Quake 3 Arena | Retail Versioncommand line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0 |
| Expendable | Downloadable Demo Versioncommand line = -timedemo |
| Descent III | Retail Version |
For Business Application Testing I used the well-known BAPCo Sysmark98 under Windows98 as well as WindowsNT and Intel's Business Application Launcher 1.2 under NT only. For 3D gaming I ran the retail-version of Quake 3 Arena , the retail version of Descent 3 , the demo version of Expendable and 3DMark2000 from MadOnion.com. Workstation-performance under NT was checked out with SPECviewperf 6.1.1 and ZD's Highend Winstone98 . Unfortunatlely Winstone2000 is not available yet and Winstone99 would not run AVS with the latest driver of GeForce.
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