Intel 925X/915: Chipset Performance & DDR2
by Wesley Fink on June 19, 2004 3:01 AM EST- Posted in
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925X vs. 915 vs. Athlon 64: Test Configuration
The Intel 925X and 915 were configured using the same top-end 560 (3.6GHz) CPU, 1 GB DDR2 memory, video card, hard drives, and SATA RAID Array to compare chipset performance accurately.| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | Intel 560 (3.6GHz) Socket 775 AMD FX53 (2.4GHz) Socket 939 |
| RAM: | 2 x 512MB Micron DDR2 533 2 x 512MB OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev.2 (Samsung 2-2-2-5 tested at 2-2-2-10 for A64) |
| Hard Drive(s): | 2 x 250GB Maxtor MaXLine III in SATA RAID Seagate 120GB 7200RPM SATA (8Mb buffer) |
| Video AGP & IDE Chipset Drivers: | Intel Chipset Driver 6.0.0.1014 Intel Application Accelerator 4.0.0.6211 NVIDIA nForce version 4.24 |
| Video Card(s): | nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra PCIe nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra AGP 8X |
| Video Drivers: | nVidia 61.45 Graphics Drivers |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Power Supply: | HiPro 470W (Intel) Enermax 465W |
| Motherboards: | Intel 925XCV (Intel 925X) Socket 775 Intel 915GUX (Intel 915G) Socket 775 MSI K8N Neo2 (nForce3-250 Ultra) Socket 939 |
The AMD Athlon 64 Platform used the top-end FX53 (2.4GHz) CPU, an AGP 8X version of the same GeForce 6800 Ultra video card, 1 GB OCZ DDR400 2-2-2 DDR memory (tested at 2-2-2-10 for best A64 performance) using the new Samsung chips, and (due to time limitations) a single hard drive instead of a RAID array. Using a single drive instead of SATA RAID should place the FX53 system at a performance disadvantage.
The nVidia 6800 Ultra PCIe uses a bridge chip to the PCI Express bus. The performance impact of the nVidia 6800 Ultra bridge chip for PCIe is unknown at this point.
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Neekotin - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
guess i'll be keeping my system for another 1 year.. hehehe ;). just gonna buy me a new GPU!Degrador - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
Well this has just confirmed my plan for an athlon 64 next - I can't see any reason to be looking towards intel, either now or in the near future (next 6 months).WileCoyote - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
baby steps...mkruer - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
Actually now that I think of Intel might be correct. The chipset may be up to 15% faster, its just that Prescott is up to 15% slower.wicktron - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
zzzzzzmkruer - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
The moral of this story, buy AMD instead.Falloutboy525 - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
now it makes sence as to why amd isn't even bothering wth ddr2 till it speeds up