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MadOnion Video 2000 MPEG 2 Encode and 3D
Winbench |
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Taking to the
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We ran these next two tests to
demonstrate pure processor power. Both of these tests
perform isolated tasks designed to strictly test the
processor's performance. First up is MadOnion's Video
2000 MPEG 2 Encode Test. This test uses the processor
to convert a file to MPEG 2...
Considering the speeds at which
these processors are all running, the "Tualatin" is looking
pretty good. Let's see how she handles 3D Winbench,
which also runs tests targeted specifically for the
processor...
All things considered, the
"Tualatin" is really putting up some nice numbers.
Sure, the charts show it lagging behind the Athlon and P4,
but once you factor in the difference in clock speeds, you
see the Tualatin is for real.
Ok, how does the saying go?
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." What do
you say we take a break from the benchmarking for a moment
and have a little fun...hmmm?
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Overclocking The Tualatin Core Pentium III |
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A natural with
enormous potential |
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Now, we all know that the review wouldn't be complete if we
didn't try to see how this processor handles some high FSB
speeds. Since the Intel D815EEA2 motherboard didn't
offer any options for overclocking, we used a Soyo SY-TISU
motherboard that we recently received and will be reviewing
in the weeks to come. We sure had a lot of fun getting
the most out of this processor. We were able to get
the FSB adjusted to 163MHz, pushing the "Tualatin" to
1.47GHz without a single voltage adjustment! Below are
some side-by-side Sandra numbers showing performance at the
stock 1.20GHz. and the overclocked 1.47GHz.clock speed.
CPU@1.20GHz.
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CPU@1.47GHz.
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MM@1.20GHz.
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MM@1.47GHz.
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MEM@1.20GHz.
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MEM@1.47GHz.
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With simply adjusting the FSB,
we were able to gain 22% in processor speed using a stock
cooler and no voltage tweaks. If this doesn't get the
"overclocker's" out there excited, nothing will.
Ok. We're done playing for
now. Let's continue on to some more numbers...
3D Mark, Quake3, and
Some Final Thoughts
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