Intel 865 (Springdale) Chipset: Mainstream Dual DDR
by Anand Lal Shimpi on May 21, 2003 2:01 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
The Test
For this review we used ABIT's IC7-G (875P) and IS7-G (865PE) motherboards; over the coming weeks you will see reviews of more 875P and 865PE based motherboards, including Intel's own.
We did have Intel's 865PE board in-house for comparison testing, the performance ended up being quite similar to ABIT's. Unfortunately, Intel's board was just as finicky with DDR400 modules as ABIT's; our West Coast motherboard lab is currently working on an 875P roundup including memory compatibility testing that will hopefully shed some light on these issues we encountered.
In order to make this review easier to understand, we split the benchmarks up into two sections - one set comparing the 875 and 865 at a 533MHz FSB with DDR333 SDRAM (Dual Channel), and another set comparing the two at an 800MHz FSB with Dual Channel DDR400 SDRAM. Be sure to read both sections before arriving at any conclusions.
For comparisons to the 850E and SiS 655 chipsets, be sure to read our original 875P review.
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Windows
XP Professional Test Bed
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Hardware
Configuration
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| CPU |
Intel Pentium 4 3.0CGHz
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| Motherboard |
ASUS
P4PE - Intel 845PE/E Chipset
ABIT IS7-G - Intel 865PE Chipset ABIT IC7-G - Intel 875P Chipset |
| RAM |
2
x 256MB DDR400 CAS2 Corsair XMS3200 DIMM
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| Sound |
None
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| Hard Drive |
80GB
Western Digital Special Edition 8MB Cache ATA/100 HDD
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| Video Cards |
ATI
Radeon 9700 Pro - Catalyst 3.4
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Anonymous User - Thursday, July 10, 2003 - link
I appreciate reviews such as this. But, as a "middle ground" technical background but heavy Excel, and database manipulation user my options break out different than specified here. I am a retail buyer. Box it and sell it to me. The 865's are boxed with "middle systems", the 875's with "higher systems". If I upgrade a "middle", with larger HD and monitor, I am within $30 of the higher system "out of the box". In no way is this a layman's forum, but it would be nice for the "layman", if you included a sentence about "if you are within $100, go ahead with this".