SiS Enters The Fray: The SiS 756 PCI Express Chipset For Athlon 64

Test System

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AMD Processors (Socket 939)
200 MHz FSB (DUAL DDR400) Athlon 64 4000+ (2400 MHz 128/1024 kB)
Memory
DDR400 I 2x 512 MB - DDR400 (200 MHz)Corsair TwinX CMX512-3200XLTimings : CL 2.0-2-2-5
Common Hardware
Graphics Card IPCI Express NVIDIA GeForce 6 SeriesGPU : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GTMemory : 256 MB GDDR3-SDRAM
Hard Drive Western Digital WD740 Raptor74 GB, 8 MB Cache, 10.000 U/Min, SATA
DVD/CD-ROM MSI MS-8216 16x DVD
Software
NVIDIA Graphics Detonator 66.93
SiS IDE Driver RAID 3.02a
DirectX 9.0c
OS Windows XP Professional, 5.1.2600Service Pack 2

Benchmarks And Settings

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Benchmarks and SettingsOpenGL
WolfensteinEnemy Territory Version : 2.551024 x 786 - 32 bittimedemo 1 / demo demo4Graphics detail = Normal
3D Studio Max 6.0Discreet Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"Pixel : 1280 x 1024Rendering Single
Doom 3 Version 1.0.12621024 x 768 - 32 bitmedium qualitytimedemo demo1
DirectX 8
Unreal Tournament 2004 Version : 32041024 x 768 / 32 bit / Audio = offthg9 assault botmatch
DirectX 9
3DMark 2005 1024 x 786 - 32 bitGraphics and CPU Default Benchmark
FarCry Version 1.1 Build 12561280 x 1024 - 32 bitqualtity options = Very High
Synthetic
PCMark 2004 Pro Version : 1.2.0CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra 2005 Version 2005.1.10.37CPU Test = MultiMedia / CPU ArithmeticMemory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark
Audio
Lame MP3 Version 3.96Wave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp332 - 320 kbitVBR = level 3
libvorbis OGG Version : 1.0.1Wave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to oggqualtity = 5
Video
Auto Gordian KnotDivX 5.21XviD 1.0.2 Version : 1.72 BetaAudio = AC3 6chCustom size = 100 MBResulution settings = 640x256Codec = XviD and DivX 5Audio = CBR MP3, kbps 192
Pinnacle Studio 9 Version : 9.1.2Rendering - DVD Compatibleno Audio
Applications
Winrar Version 3.40303 MB, 47 FilesCompression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB
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.