The Biostar M7TTB package.
View of the Biostar M7TTB.
The Biostar M7TTB sample doesn't exactly leave a flawless impression: it wasn't possible to operate the board using the fast PC1066 modules (32 ns access time). Usually, this can be remedied with a BIOS update. The homepage didn't seem too professional, since the date listed for the newest BIOS version (October 2002) is incorrect. Here, the user loses a bit of confidence. Although we updated the board with two of the latest BIOS versions, the board refused to work. And even though we remained in continual contact with the manufacturer, this didn't help much either - we never received a replacement for the board. Therefore, we omitted this board from the test and the benchmark results.
Interfaces of the Biostar M7TTB.
Which version of BIOS is the latest one? And which one is actually usable? Questions upon questions...
Summary
- A Comeback For Rambus? Six Boards With Intel 850E
- A Comeback For Rambus? Six Boards With Intel 850E, Continued
- Rambus Technology: 16 Bit Vs. 32 Bit
- Rambus Technology: 16 Bit Vs. 32 Bit, Continued
- Kingston: 256 MB With 32 Ns RDRAM
- Comparison: Chipsets For Pentium 4
- Rambus Boards: Cost Reduction Via Four-Layer Design
- Asus P4T533-C: A Close Race With Gigabyte
- Asus P4T533-C: A Close Race With Gigabyte, Continued
- Asus P4T533: The Only Board With 32 Bit RDRAM Support
- Biostar M7TTB: In The Early Sample Stages
- Gigabyte GA-8IHXP: It Can't Get More Feature-Rich Than This
- Gigabyte GA-8IHXP: It Can't Get More Feature-Rich Than This, Continued
- Intel D850EMV2: Stability At A High Price
- Iwill P4R533-N: Inexpensive, Few Features
- Test Setup And Details
- Benchmark Results
- OpenGL Performance: Quake 3 Arena
- DirectX 8 Games: 3D Mark 2001
- MP3 Audio Encoding: Mp3 Maker Platinum
- SiSoft Sandra 2002 Benchmarks: CPU And Multimedia
- CPU Und Multimedia Performance: PC Mark 2002
- 3D Rendering Performance: SPECviewperf 7.0
- Archiving: WinACE 2.11
- Conclusion: Stability And Performance For P4
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