AMD Athlon 700

by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 4, 1999 12:19 AM EST

The Test

Click here for detailed descriptions of all of the tests run.
Click Here for a detailed description of the four visual test modes used in the Quake 3 tests.

Windows 98 SE Test System

Hardware

CPU(s)

Intel Pentium III 600B
Intel Pentium III 533B

Intel Pentium III 600
Intel Pentium III 550
Intel Pentium III 500
Intel Pentium III 450
Intel Celeron 500 AMD K6-III 450
AMD K6-2 475
AMD Athlon 700
AMD Athlon 650
AMD Athlon 600
AMD Athlon 550
AMD Athlon 500
Motherboard(s) AOpen AX6C ABIT BX6 R2 ABIT BX6 R2 + "Sloket" Adapter Tyan Trinity S1598 FIC SD11
Memory

128MB Samsung PC800 RDRAM

128MB PC133 Corsair SDRAM

Hard Drive

IBM Deskstar 22GXP 22GB Ultra ATA 66 HDD

CDROM

Phillips 48X

Disk Controller

Promise Ultra 66 - Ultra ATA 66 Controller

Video Card

Diamond Viper V770 Ultra clocked at 150/183MHz (core/mem)

Ethernet

Linksys LNE100TX 100Mbit PCI Ethernet Adapter

Software

Operating System

Windows 98 SE

Video Drivers

NVIDIA Reference Detonator 2.08 drivers

Benchmarking Applications

Business

Ziff Davis Winstone 99
BAPCo SYSmark 98

Gaming

idSoftware Quake 3 Test 1.08 (OpenGL)
idSoftware Quake 2 (OpenGL)
Valve Half-Life (OpenGL)
Rage Expendable (Direct3D)

 

Windows 98 SE Test System

Hardware

CPU(s)

Intel Pentium III 600B
Intel Pentium III 533B

Intel Pentium III 600
Intel Pentium III 550
Intel Pentium III 500
Intel Pentium III 450
Intel Celeron 500 AMD K6-III 450
AMD K6-2 475
AMD Athlon 700
AMD Athlon 650
AMD Athlon 600
AMD Athlon 550
AMD Athlon 500
Motherboard(s) AOpen AX6C Soyo SY-D6IBA2 Soyo SY-D6IBA2 + "Sloket" Adapter Tyan Trinity S1598 AMD Fester Motherboard
Memory

128MB Samsung PC800 RDRAM

128MB PC133 Corsair SDRAM

Hard Drive

IBM Deskstar 22GXP 22GB Ultra ATA 66 HDD

CDROM

Phillips 48X

Disk Controller

Promise Ultra 66 - Ultra ATA 66 Controller

Video Card

Diamond Viper V770 Ultra clocked at 150/183MHz (core/mem)

Ethernet

Linksys LNE100TX 100Mbit PCI Ethernet Adapter

Software

Operating System

Windows NT 4 + Service Pack 5

Video Drivers

NVIDIA Reference Detonator 2.08 drivers

Benchmarking Applications

Business

Ziff Davis Winstone 99
BAPCo SYSmark 98

Professional

Kinetix 3D Studio MAX R2.5

The Basics Win98SE - Business Performance
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  • dylan522p - Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - link

    What are you hiding but teasing for November Anand.
  • Mondozai - Thursday, December 19, 2013 - link

    That comment makes less sense than this review. And this review is not bad for a teenager, hell, even for most reviewers out there!

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