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We chose carefully our test
system for this article. If you are interested in
learning about several i850 based boards that support the
P4, please check out our reviews of the
Asus P4T,
Gigabyte GA-8TX and
MSI
MS-850Pro.
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HotHardware Test System |
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If we build it,
they will come... |
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However, we ran with our
favorite P4/i850 Motherboard, that being of course, the
Abit TH7-RAID.
Intel Based
Test System:
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Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz.
Processor
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Abit TH7-RAID Pentium 4
Motherboard
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256MB of Samsung PC800
RAMBUS DRDRAM
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nVidia GeForce3 AGP
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Stock Intel HSF
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IBM DTLA307030 30Gig ATA100
7200 RPM Hard Drive
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WindowsME
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Direct X 8.0 and nVidia
reference drivers version 12.41
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Intel chipset drivers
version 2.90
AMD Based
Test System:
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AMD Athlon 1.4GHz. (266MHz.
fsb)
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DFI AK76 (AMD 761)
Athlon Motherboard
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256mb CAS 2 Crucial DDR
SDRAM
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nVidia GeForce3 AGP
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30GB IBM 7200 RPM HD
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WindowsME
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Direct X 8.0 and
nVidia reference drivers version 12.41
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Low
Level Benchmarks |
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SiSoftware Sandra |
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Just a quick sanity check with
CPUID to see that we actually have a 1.8GHz. P4 here...
CPUID
Now for some quick and dirty
numbers from SiSoft Sandra. Click images for full
view.
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CPU
Test
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Memory Bandwidth Test
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Multimedia Performance
Test
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To say the least, memory scores
taken from this test are more than impressive. As
well, multimedia performance is very robust for the 1.8GHz.
P4. In the CPU tests however, the 1.2GHz. Athlon is
close by and in the ball park in terms of Integer and
Floating Point performance.
Let's set up a few more
strenuous tests and dig a little deeper into the numbers.
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