We compared the performance of the Soltek hybrid board to performance results with Intel 925X and Intel 915 motherboards. The configuration was kept as close as possible between the 3 motherboards, but we are forced to compare apples and oranges in some cases. We used an nVidia 6800 Ultra video card clocked at 400/1.1 in both PCI Express and AGP 8X configurations to keep hardware as consistent as possible. We are also comparing DDR memory to DDR2, but as we saw in the DDR vs. DDR2 review, the performance of fast DDR400 and DDR533 is very close.
| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | Intel 560 (3.6GHz) Socket 775 |
| RAM: | 2 x 512MB OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev.2 (Samsung 2-2-2-5) 2 x 512MB Crucial/Micron DDR2 533 |
| Hard Drive(s): | 250GB Maxtor MaXLine III (16MB Buffer) |
| Video Card(s): | nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra AGP 8X nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra PCIe |
| Video Drivers: | nVidia 61.77 Graphics Drivers |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Power Supply: | HiPro 470W (Intel) |
| Motherboards: | Soltek 965Pro-775 (Intel 865PE) Socket 775 Intel 925XCV (Intel 925X) Socket 775 Intel 915GUX (Intel 915G) Socket 775 |
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Wonga - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
Sorry to be picky, but there is another mistake on the 'Test Setup' page, where it states it is going to be compared with an Athlon FX53, but that isn't in the review. Might wanna correct that. Like I say, sorry to be picky :)matman326 - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
I know you guys are busy ,but man I hope you guys are planning an extreme overclocking review with this board... kind curious how fast the prescot can go.RyanVM - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
#7 - NoWesley Fink - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
#4 - "Return to Castle Wofenstein - Enemy Territory" is our updated OpenGL game that will eventually replace Quake 3 in our benches. Results for Q3 and RCW-ET are both included.Brian23 - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
Isn't Doom 3 a DirectX game?Spacecomber - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
I thought that I had read how the new Intel chipsets were optimized for the Prescott core (and vice versa) and that we could expect to see better performance out of the Prescotts on these new chipsets. Where is it? Or, is it the high latency DDR2 that's masking this?Wesley Fink - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
I apologize for the post appearing while it was being created online. I am posting this on the fly while I am traveling home from Anand's wedding.This article was scheduled to go live at noon Monday, but that did not happen for technical reasons. I ended up recreating it from files and docs on my laptop.
nitromullet - Monday, August 16, 2004 - link
Looks like they got that issue fixed. Next question, why didn't they replace Quake3 with Doom3 as the new OpenGL benchmark? I mean, these rigs run Quake3 at almost 450 FPS...PMChris - Monday, August 16, 2004 - link
Yeah, like #1 said, this publish attempt was really bad. It should've piqued an editor's attention when the product being reviewed fails to appear in any benchmark table.Octunar99 - Monday, August 16, 2004 - link
haha, I thought I was going crazy. I am glad I am not the only person not seeing this.