Test Setup
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| Intel Hardware (Sockel 478)133 MHz FSB - 533 MHz Memory Clock | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Pentium 4 2.53 GHz |
| Motherboards | |
| Intel 850 E | Asus P4T533-C Revision: 1.01 Bios: 1001 BETA 007 |
| Intel 845 E | Asus P4T533-E Revision: 1.01 Bios: 1002 BETA 007 |
| Intel 845 G | Gigabyte GA-8IGXP 533 Revision: 1.1 Bios: F2c M |
| VIA P4X333 | VIA Reference Board VT8116 Bios: 6877 |
| Memory Setup by CL2-2-2 (no Sale) | |
| RAM 1 | 2x 256 MB RDRAM, PC800, 400 MHz, 40ns, Infineon |
| RAM 2 | 4x 128 MB RDRAM, PC1066, 533 MHz, 32ns, Samsung |
| RAM 3 | 1 x 512 MB, DDR333, 166 MHz, CL2.0, Winbond |
| Common Hardware | |
| Graphics Card | GeForce 4 Ti 4600 (MSI MS-8870)Memory: 128 MB DDR-SDRAMMemory Clock: 650 MHzChip Clock: 300 MHz |
| Hard Drive | Maxtor 40 GB, 5T040H4UltraATA/100, 7,200 rpm, 2 MB Cache |
| Drivers & Software | |
| Graphics Driver | Detonator 4 Series V28.32 |
| VIA Chipset Driver | V1.50 BETA |
| VIA AGP Driver | V4.11 BETA |
| DirectX Version | 8.1 |
| Intel 850E Driver | V 4.00.1009 |
| Intel 850 Driver | V 3.20.1008 |
| Intel IAA Driver | V 2.0 |
| Operating System | Windows 2000 SP2 (englisch) |
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Quake III Arena | Retail Version 1.16command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail set to 'Normal'Benchmark using 'Q3DEMO1' |
| 3DMark2000 Pro | Version 1.1 Build 340 - default Benchmark |
| 3DMark2001 Pro | Build 200 - default Benchmark |
| PCMark2002 Pro | only CPU and Memory Bench (no Video Memory) |
| SiSoft Sandra 2001 | Professional Version 2001.3.7.50 |
| SPEC viewperf | V7.0 (1280x1024/32Bit) |
| mpeg4 encoding | Xmpeg 4.5DivX 5.01 Pro (YV12)Compression/quality: SlowestData Rate: 780 kBitFormat: 720x576 Pixel@25 fps150 MB VOB-Datei, no Audio |
| Studio 7 | Version 7.31.6 (MPEG 2) |
| Sysmark 2002 | no Patch |
| Lame | Lame 3.91 MMX, SSE, SSE 2, 3DNow! |
| WinACE | 2.11, 178 MB Wave-Datei, Best Compression, Dictonary 4096 kB |
| Cinema 4D XL R7 | Version V7.303 Rendering: 1024x768 |
| 3D Studio Max | Version 4.2Rendering of Scene "e;Rabbit"e;800x600 10 Bilder |
Benchmark Results
In this review we are not going to take a look at the integrated graphics of 845G. The reason for this decision is the powerful memory controller which makes this chipset, in our eyes, certainly not low-cost, but a performance product, nonetheless. Thus we ran all benchmarks with a GeForce 4 TI4600 card and 128 MB video memory.
Please don't forget that DDR333 support for 845G has not yet been approved. Still we added these numbers as the vast majority of 845G motherboards already offers support for this faster memory - although it's merely an overclocking feature so far.
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