Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965: Not Just A Speed Bump

Name: Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965: Not Just A Speed Bump - Page 8
Brand: Intel

by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 10:00 AM EDT

For this next batch of tests, we ran Kribibench v1.1, a 3D rendering benchmark produced by the folks at Adept Development. Kribibench is an SSE aware software renderer. A 3D model is rendered and animated by the host CPU, and the average frame rate is reported. We used two of the included models with this benchmark: a "Sponge Explode" model consisting of over 19.2 million polygons and a gargantuan "Ultra" model that is comprised of over 16 billion polys...

Kribibench v1.1

Details: www.adeptdevelopment.com

The Pentium Extreme Edition 965 handled the two Kribibench tests we ran quite well. While rendering and animating the "Sponge Explode" Model, the 965XE and dual-core Athlons finished right on-top of each other, with only a fraction of a frame per second separating the top three finishers. With the more taxing "Ultra" model test though, the 965XE came away with a clear victory. Although only a small margin separated the Athlons from the 965XE, the Intel CPU had a significant advantage here.

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Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com