SiS Back On Stage: The SiS730 Chipset for Duron and Athlon

Test Setup

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Hardware
CPUAMD Duron 700 MHz
RAM1x 128 MByte SDRAM (Corsair)PC133, 7ns, CL2
Hard diskIBM DeskStar 75GXP,DTLA307030, 30 GB7200 rpm
Graphics cardnVIDIA GeForce 2 Pro64 MB DDR memory, 5 ns
Drivers & Software
HDD/Motherboard/ AGP driversVIA All-in-One 4.26VIA AGP 4.04SiS AGP 1.02
Graphics cardNVIDIA Reference Drivers 6.47SiS Graphics Drivers 5.12.01.1020
DirectX Version8.0
Operating SystemWindows 98 SE, 4.10.2222 AWindows 2000 Pro, 5.10.2195SP1
Benchmarks and Settings
Quake III ArenaRetail Versioncommand line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail set to ’Normal’, 640x480x16Benchmark using ’Q3DEMO1’
MDK2Downloadable Demo Versioncommand line = -timedemo640x480x16
Sysmark 2000Patch 4B1024x768x16
ViewPerfVersion 4.1.21280x1024x16, 75 Hz
Refresh rate85Hz
Patrick Schmid
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.