Page 2: Testing
<B>Testing</B>:
The testing systems:
I used all similar components except for the motherboard to keep the testing controlled.
Standard components:
TwinMOS PC4000 2x256MB DDR (Running at stock) (Review coming soon)
120GB Maxtor 8MB HDD
Pentium 4 CPU 2.4 800MHz
Leadtek GF FX 5600 Det 53.03
HP DVD 100i
Win2k SP4 with all hotfixes and recommended updates.
Running the latest Chipset drivers for both chipsets.
All benchmarks were run at the lowest detail settings on 640x480 except where noted. Blue denotes the SiS 655FX and the Gray denotes a Gigabyte 8IPE100 Pro 2 (Springdale).
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First up is the always popular 3D Mark 2001SE. We can see the SiS board has a lead in the CPU subsystem intensive tasks of low resolution gaming.
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The SiS board remains the winner in this benchmark as well. I think we can count on this trend continuing.
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PC Mark 2002 shows the same thing happening. We can see that the memory is GREATLY increased in speed. Also notice the HDD transfer increase as well.
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Sandra also confirms what PC Mark showed. The memory speed is much faster.
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Most tests of the SPECviewperf testing suite has also shown that the 655FX is the clear winner in hard calculations.
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The last tests are the REAL game tests, In RCTW enemy territory and in X2, you can see the difference in scores pretty clearly. The Comanche 4 game doesn't show it as well. But regardless you know this chipset is faster.
I think we can safely say that the 655FX is faster than the Springdale chipset, which I believe is the main competitor of it. SiS has made a winner with this one.
The testing systems:
I used all similar components except for the motherboard to keep the testing controlled.
Standard components:
TwinMOS PC4000 2x256MB DDR (Running at stock) (Review coming soon)
120GB Maxtor 8MB HDD
Pentium 4 CPU 2.4 800MHz
Leadtek GF FX 5600 Det 53.03
HP DVD 100i
Win2k SP4 with all hotfixes and recommended updates.
Running the latest Chipset drivers for both chipsets.
All benchmarks were run at the lowest detail settings on 640x480 except where noted. Blue denotes the SiS 655FX and the Gray denotes a Gigabyte 8IPE100 Pro 2 (Springdale).
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</center>First up is the always popular 3D Mark 2001SE. We can see the SiS board has a lead in the CPU subsystem intensive tasks of low resolution gaming.
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</center>The SiS board remains the winner in this benchmark as well. I think we can count on this trend continuing.
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</center>PC Mark 2002 shows the same thing happening. We can see that the memory is GREATLY increased in speed. Also notice the HDD transfer increase as well.
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</center>Sandra also confirms what PC Mark showed. The memory speed is much faster.
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</center>Most tests of the SPECviewperf testing suite has also shown that the 655FX is the clear winner in hard calculations.
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</center>The last tests are the REAL game tests, In RCTW enemy territory and in X2, you can see the difference in scores pretty clearly. The Comanche 4 game doesn't show it as well. But regardless you know this chipset is faster.
I think we can safely say that the 655FX is faster than the Springdale chipset, which I believe is the main competitor of it. SiS has made a winner with this one.