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Getting down and dirty, we'll
look at memory bandwidth more closely in a simple but
effective Quake 3 Arena Time Demo run. Although, this
benchmark is out dated for video card testing, it does
showcase system memory bandwidth quite well.
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Quake 3, 3DMark
2001SE and Comanche 4 |
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OpenGL and Direct 3D Gaming
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Now this is more
of what we were expecting to see with this line-up of boards
in the comparison. The i850E/RDRAM board takes the
lead here but not by much actually. 5 fps when you are
looking at a total of 275, really is only about 2%
differential. What was impressive to us was how the
Asus P4PE held up so strong in this test versus the RDRAM
based system. The Intel D845GEBV2 also puts up
respectable numbers within about 3-4% of the i850E.
Finally, the SiS648 is showing it still needs a little work
on its memory bandwidth optimization.
Once again the
i845PE driven Asus board impressed us wholeheartedly by
taking this benchmark and leaving even the i850E/RDRAM setup
behind. Actually, all of the Intel based boards here
were in a virtual dead heat but a "W" is a "W" no matter how
you count it, and the Asus P4PE put it up on the scoreboard.
Comanche 4
testing shows a repeat performance. The SiS648 trails
the pack again but the i845PE stands up tall against its
RDRAM powered sibling. We've said it time and again,
the numbers don't lie. This is great performance from
a chipset and memory technology that costs significantly
less than any RDRAM configuration you can buy.
Let's see how
things hold up with a leading edge gaming engine.
Unreal Tournament 2003 and The Ratings
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