15 Benchmarks And 10 Different Systems

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OpenGL Performance Quake 3 Arena "Demo 1"
DirectX 8 Games 3D Mark 2001 SE (Version 1.1)
Unreal Tournament 2003
MP3 Audio Encoding MP3 maker Platinum 3.04
MPEG-2 Video Encoding Main Concept MPEG Encoder
Office Performance Sysmark 2002
File Compression Winrar 3.1
CPU and Multimedia Bench PC Mark 2002
SiSoft Sandra 2003 Pro

Overall, we used 15 different benchmark tests to get a balanced picture of the performance of the three systems. The benchmark results provide a transparent overview of ATX motherboards equipped additionally with identical hardware that have the same chipset as the bare-bones devices.

We evaluate OpenGL performance with two different Quake-3 tests; Direct3D performance from the DirectX package is determined with the 3D Mark 2001 SE (based on DirectX 8). The various MPEG encoding benchmarks make for a comprehensive testing scenario: using the "Platinum MP3 Maker" encoder, a 178-MB WAV file is coded in "MPEG-1 Layer 3 Format." The MPEG-2 encoding test is new, and relies on the Main Concept Encoder, in which a file in DV format (1.2 GB) is converted into MPEG-2 format (audio and video). Packing files, which we now do with the new Winrar Packer 3.1, also has practical applications. Sysmark-Benchmark 2002 is used to determine the office performance. Finally, SiSoft Sandra 2003 and the well-known PC Mark 2002 cannot be forgotten.


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