More Findings

07:00 - Saturday 19 June 2004 by Patrick Schmid
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: intel, stakes, its, vision, of, the, pc, future, with, 775, launch

Table of content:
4 – More Findings
  1. 1 – Intel's 775 Launch Mixes Ambition With A Strong Aftertaste
  2. 2 – First Contact
  3. 3 – Obstacles And Hurdles
  4. 4 – More Findings
  5. 5 – New Socket: LGA 775
  6. 6 – LGA 775 Processor Installation
  7. 7 – LGA 775 Processor Installation, Continued
  8. 8 – LGA 775 Processor Installation, Continued
  9. 9 – MSI's CPU Installation Tool
  10. 10 – Transitional Products
  11. 11 – Poor Thing: Intel Reference Cooler
  12. 12 – New Processors: P4 Prescott Up To 3.6 GHz
  13. 13 – Specification Overview
  14. 14 – Model And Pricing Information
  15. 15 – Processor Overview:
  16. 16 – New Chipsets: 925X, 915G, 915P, 915GV
  17. 17 – New Chipsets: 925X, 915G, 915P, 915GV, Continued
  18. 18 – 925X Express Chipset
  19. 19 – 915G Express Chipset
  20. 20 – 915G Express Chipset, Continued
  21. 21 – 915G Express Chipset, Continued
  22. 22 – 915P Express Chipset
  23. 23 – Chipset Devices
  24. 24 – Intel Puts The Lock On Overclocking
  25. 25 – How To Unlock The Overclocking Lock
  26. 26 – New Memory: DDR2-533, Continued
  27. 27 – DDR2 Memory Vendors
  28. 28 – Intel Flex Memory Technology
  29. 29 – New Interlink: PCI Express
  30. 30 – More SATA, More RAID, More Ports
  31. 31 – Matrix RAID
  32. 32 – Creating A RAID Array
  33. 33 – More HD Performance For Free: Command Queuing
  34. 34 – More Networking: Intel Wireless Connect Technology
  35. 35 – New Audio: High Definition Audio
  36. 36 – Asus P5AD2 Premium
  37. 37 – Foxconn 925A01
  38. 38 – Test Setup
  39. 39 – Benchmarks And Settings
  40. 40 – Platform Benchmarks
  41. 41 – DirectX 8 Benchmarks
  42. 42 – DirectX 8 Benchmarks, Continued
  43. 43 – DirectX 9 Benchmarks, Continued
  44. 44 – Video Benchmarks
  45. 45 – Video Benchmarks, Continued
  46. 46 – Application Benchmarks
  47. 47 – Application Benchmarks, Continued
  48. 48 – Synthetic Benchmarks
  49. 49 – Synthetic Benchmarks, Continued
  50. 50 – Processor Power Consumption
  51. 51 – Integrated Graphics Benchmarks
  52. 52 – Game Benchmarks
  53. 53 – Halo
  54. 54 – Far Cry
  55. 55 – Video Performance
  56. 56 – Networking Benchmarks
  57. 57 – Storage Subsystem Benchmarks
  58. 58 – Conclusion
  59. 59 – A Final Note

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Intel's Hardware Monitor, part of the version 2.0 Desktop Utilities, complained about the Pentium 4 560's temperature after installing the test system (Intel D925XCV) into a Chieftech CS601 case. We had even used two 80 mm fans at a medium rotation speed.

The Asus P5AD2 didn't want to work with our GeForce 6800 Ultra PCIe reference board and also demounted our SATA RAID array once in a while. MSI is obviously not adhering to the design specifications, as the capacitors used come in conflict with certain CPU coolers. Gigabyte's 8ANXP Duo was unbelievably accurate when it comes to shutting down the system as this exceeds the CPU temperature threshold under a high CPU load. The threshold temperature is 72.8° C for the 3.4 GHz and 3.6 GHz versions, and believe me, using the Intel boxed cooler will lead you straight to that limit. As a result of that, we decided to include a full scope of power consumption tests as well (see benchmark section).

Using more efficient coolers will reduce tcase to ~60 °C under high CPU loads, but one thing is for sure: Forget about overclocking the 560; while the aqazs effort is tremendous, its result rather pathetic. In addition, Intel's chipset overclocking limitation will foil your intentions. And there is another fact which we could hardly believe: While the P4 560 broils at 60 °C, the P4 Extreme Edition at 3.4 GHz runs at only 35 °C tcase.

Airflow is another issue with the new platforms. Intel's design guidelines arrange for round coolers with star like fins. The reason for doing this is not only the vast heat sink surface and heat dissipation, but also the side effect of simultaneous voltage regulator and Northbridge cooling. In accordance to that, many motherboard makers finally abandoned their Northbridge fans and switched to passive component cooling solutions.

Finally we had some problems with two older Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80 GB SATA drives and Intel's D925XCV, as they were running as slow as an ancient CD ROM drive. Both companies know about this problem and we don't expect to see any SATA compatibility problems with final product revisions.

The Gigabyte motherboards will cause trouble if you need to attach a floppy drive. According to Gigabyte that does only happen with reference board. In this case, we couldn't install the GeForce 6800 Ultra PCIe reference board completely - at least we were able to operate the test system.

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