5 New SocketA Boards With UltraATA/100

Test Methodology And Configuration

In this test we use the same hardware as in our first SocketA motherboard round up . Therefore all driver versions are still the same. By doing this, we can provide you with a direct comparison to previously tested KT133 motherboards.

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Hardware
CPUAMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
RAM1x 128 MByte SDRAM (Crucial)PC133, 7ns, CL2
Hard diskSeagate Barracuda ATA, ST320430A20 GBytes, 7200 U/Min
Graphics cardAsus V7700 AGP, nVIDIA GeForce2 GTS, 32 MB DDR SDRAM
Drivers & Software
HDD/Motherboard/ AGP driversVIA All-in-One 4.23
Graphics cardNVIDIA Reference drivers 5.23
DirectX Versionv7.0
Operating SystemWindows 98 SE, Version 4.10.2222 A
Benchmarks and Settings
Quake III ArenaRetail Versioncommand line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail set to 'Normal', 640x480x16Benchmark using 'Q3DEMO1'
ExpendableDownloadable Demo Versioncommand line = -timedemo640x480x16
Sysmark 2000Patch 4B1024x768x16
ViewPerfVersion 4.1.21280x1024x16
Refresh rate85Hz in all tests, V-Sync = off
Uwe Scheffel