Test Setup: VIA Vs. Intel Vs. SiS

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Hardware
CPU Intel Pentium 4/2000 MHz (400 MHz QDR FSB), Sockel 478
Motherboards
VIA P4X266A VIA P4XB reference board Revision: NA
Bios: P4XBS09p Datum: Nov 15, 2001
VIA P4X266 Shuttle AV40V12 Revision: 1.2
Bios: AV40902E Date: Sep 5, 20001
Intel 850 ASUS P4T-E Revision: 1.00
Bios:1005 BETA 002 Date: Dec 11, 2001
Intel 845 MSI 845 Pro 2 Revision: NA
Bios: 1.0B7 Date: Aug 03, 2001
Intel 845D ASUS P4B266 Revision: 2.01
Bios: 1003 Date: Dec 6, 2001
SIS 645 SIS SS51A reference board
Bios: 645p14k9 Date: Sep 19, 2001
Memory
DDR266 Memory 256 MB, DDR266 PC2100 SDRAM CL2.0, Micron
RDRAM Memory 2 x 128 MB PC800 RDRAM, Viking
DDR333 Memory 256 MB DDR333 SDRAM CL2, Kingmax MPLB62D-68KX3
PC133 Memory 256 MB PC133 SDRAM CL2, Wichman WorkX
Common Hardware
Graphics Card GeForce 3
Memory: 64 MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory clock: 400 MHz
Chip clock: 250 MHz
Hard Disk 40 GB, 5T040H4, Maxtor
UDMA100 7200 rpm, 2 MB Cache
Drivers & Software
Chipset driver (Intel) 3.20.1008
Chipset driver (VIA) 4in1 - V4.35
Graphics driver Detonator 4 Series V23.10
DirectX Version 8.1
OS Windows XP, Build 2600
Benchmarks and Settings
Quake III Arena Retail Version 1.16
command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0
Graphics detail set to 'Normal'
Benchmark using 'Q3DEMO1'
SiSoft Sandra 2001 Professional Version 2001.3.7.50
Newtek Lightwave Rendering Bench SKULL_HEAD_NEWEST.LWS
mpeg4 encoding Flask X4.2A
DivX-Codec 4.11
Compression: 100
Data Rate: 1500 kBit
Format: 720x480 Pixel@25 fps
no Audio
Studio 7 Version 7.07.1 (MPEG 2)
Sysmark 2001 Patch 3
Lame Lame 3.89 MMX, SSE, SSE 2, 3DNow
WinACE 2.04, 178 MB Wave-Datei, best compression, Dictonary 4096 kB
Suse Linux 7.3 Kernel 2.4.13 Compiling

Six systems were all put through our benchmarking ordeal. All DDR platforms use PC266 DDR memory with CL2. The Asus P4X266 uses the VIA chipset, P4B266 the new i845D. The SiS S551A reference board with the SiS645 is a special exception. Its highlight is the option to use DDR333 (PC2700) memory (clocked at 166 MHz double-pumped). The oldest candidate is Intel's 850 chipset (on the Asus P4T-E). Taillight is the i845 with SDRAM support. Here we used the 845 Pro 2 from MSI.


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