Benchmark Setup

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Intel 440 BX Chipset
Motherboard Asus P3B-F, BIOS 1004, December 6, 1999
Memory 512 MB, 4 pieces 128 MB Micron PC133 CAS2
Network 3Com 3C905B-TX
Intel 820 Chipset
Motherboard Asus P3C-L, BIOS 1007, December 10, 1999
Memory 512 MB, 2 pieces Samsung 256MB 800MHz RDRAM
Network onboard Intel 82559
Intel 840 Chipset
Motherboard Intel OR840
Memory 512 MB, 2 pieces Samsung 256MB 800MHz RDRAM
Network onboard Intel 82559
Common Hardware
Hard Drive for all systems Western Digital WDAC 418000
Driver Information
NVIDIA GeForce 256 4.12.01.0353
120MHz Core, 300MHz DDR-RAM 32MB
ATA Driver NT & 98 Ultra ATA BM driver v5.00.038
Environment Settings
OS Versions Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222 A
Screen Resolution 1024x768x16x85

Windows NT 4.0 w/Service Pack 6a
Screen Resolution 1024x768x16x85 for Sysmark98
Screen Resolution 1280x1024x32x85 for SPECviewperf and Highend Winstone98
DirectX Version 7.0
Quake 3 Arena Retail Version
command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0
Expendable Downloadable Demo Version
command line = -timedemo
Descent III Retail Version

For Business Application Testing I used the well-known BAPCo Sysmark98 under Windows98 as well as WindowsNT and Intel's Business Application Launcher 1.2 under NT only. For 3D gaming I ran the retail-version of Quake 3 Arena , the retail version of Descent 3 , the demo version of Expendable and 3DMark2000 from MadOnion.com. Workstation-performance under NT was checked out with SPECviewperf 6.1.1 and ZD's Highend Winstone98 . Unfortunatlely Winstone2000 is not available yet and Winstone99 would not run AVS with the latest driver of GeForce.


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