The SiS, VIA and Intel Showdown at the Performance Chipset Corral
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| Test System | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Pentium 4, 3.2 GHz, FSB800512 kB L2 Cache | 
| Motherboard | Intel 875P :Asus P4C800-EIntel 865PE :Asus P4P800P>SiS 655FX :Engineering SampleSiS 655TX :Gigabyte GA-8S655TX UltraVIA PT880 :MSI PT880 Neo aka MS-7008 | 
| RAM | 2x 256 MB DDR/PC3200, CL 2.0, Corsair TwinX | 
| Graphics Card | nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900, 128 MB | 
| Network Card | 3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit/s | 
| OS | Windows XP Pro 5.10.2600Service Pack 1, pre-SP2 patches as to November 3 | 
| Benchmarks & Tests | |
| Quake III Arena | Patch V1.16 640x480 - 16 bit / 1024 x 768 - 32 bit Timedemo1 / demo demo001 / nv15demo command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0 Graphics detail = Normal | 
| Gunmetal Benchmark | Benchmark 1 | 
| 3DMark 2003 | Version 3.2.0 Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark 1024 x 786 - 32 bit | 
| PCMark 2002 Pro Pack | Build 101 CPU and RAM Tests | 
| Mp3 Encoding | Lame 3.92 | 
| SiSoftware Sandra Standard 2003 SP1 | Version 2003.3.9.44 CPU MultiMedia / CPU Arithmetic RAM Bandwidth Benchmark | 
| Newtek Lightwave | Version 7.5 - Build 572Render First Frame = 1Render Last Frame = 60Render Frame Step = 1Rendering Bench"SKULL_HEAD_NEWEST.LWS"Show Rendering in Progress = 320x240Ray Trace Shadows, ReflectionRefraction, Transparency = onMultithreading = 8 Threads | 
| Unreal Tournament 2003 | Version 2206system/benchmark.exe1024 x 768 / 32 bit / Audio = offTexture Detail = NormalCharacter Detail = NormalWorld Detail = HighestPhysics Detail = Highall = on, Decal Stay = High | 
| Xmpeg 4.5 | AMD : Optimized MMX iDCTIntel : Optimized SEE2 iDCTWinRARVersion 3.2178 MB Wave file, Compression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB | 
| Comanche 4 Demo | 1024 x 768 / 32 bit / Audio = off | 
| Discreet3D Studio Max 5.1 | Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"Rendering Single, 1024x768 | 
| SPEC viewperf | Version : 7.11280x1024x32 Bit | 
| Splinter Cell | Version 1.2b2_2_1_KalinatekDemo1024x786 32 Bit / no soundShdow resolution | 
| Drivers & Software | |
| Graphic Driver | NVIDIA reference driver 45.23 | 
| Drivers | Intel :Intel INF-Update 5.02.1003VIA :VIA Hyperion 4in1 4.49vSiSAGP 1.16a, IDE 2.04 | 
| DirectX-Version | 9.0b | 
| Resolution | 1024x768, 32 Bit, 85 Hz Refresh | 
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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.
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