Test Setup
Beginning with this review, I am doing something a little different with the test setup and configuration. Since most of you readers are AMD users, I thought I’d compare Intel’s latest consumer boards to two generations of AMD boards. Each AMD configuration has a different CPU and graphics card for the sake of variety and interest. So don’t think this is going to be an “Apples to Apples” comparison with respect to AMD.
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Test System Setup | ||||
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System 1 |
System 2 |
System 3 |
System 4 |
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CPU |
Pentium 4 560E (3.6GHz) |
Pentium 4 560E (3.6GHz) |
Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0 GHz) |
AMD Athlon XP3200+ (2.2 GHz) |
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Motherboard |
Asus P5GD2 Premium (Intel 915P) |
Chaintech V915P (Intel 915P) |
Abit KV8 Pro (VIA K8T800 Pro) |
DFI NFII LanParty UltraB (nForce 2 Ultra400) |
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Power Supply |
Antec TruePower 430W | |||
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Memory |
DDR2 – 2×512 Micron 533MHz (CL 4.0) |
DDR1 – 2x512MB Corsair CMX512 PC3500 | ||
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital 120GB WD1200 SATA | |||
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Video Card |
ABit X700 Pro 128MB |
Asus Radeon 9800XT 256MB |
Asus Radeon 9600XT 128MB | |
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Video Driver |
ATI Catalyst 4.12 | |||
Tests & Benchmarks
- Everest Home Edition v1.51.195
- SiSoft Sandra 2004 SP1
- Business Winstone 2004
- Multimedia Content Creation Winstone 2004
- PCMark ’04
- Super PI
- ScienceMark 2.0 Beta
- Maya 6.0 PLE
- 3DMark 2001: SE v330
- 3DMark 05 v1.1.0
- Aquamark 3
- Doom 3
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
- Half-Life 2
- Need for Speed: Underground 2
- DVD to DivX Encoding
