SiS755 Reference Board: Athlon64 from SiS
by Wesley Fink on November 23, 2003 11:19 PM EST- Posted in
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Performance Test Configuration
| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | AMD Athlon64 3200+ (2.0GHz) AMD Athlon64 FX51 (2.2GHz) AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (2.2GHz, 400MHz FSB) Intel Pentium 4 at 3.2GHz (800FSB) |
| RAM: | 2 x 512MB Mushkin PC3500 Level II 2 x 512MB Mushkin ECC Registered PC3200 |
| Hard Drive(s): | Maxtor 120GB 7200 RPM (8Mb Buffer) Seagate 120GB 7200RPM SATA (8Mb buffer) |
| Video AGP & IDE Bus Master Drivers: | SiS 1.17a AGP/IDE 2.04/RAID 1.03 VIA 4in1 Hyperion 4.49 (August 20, 2003) NVIDIA nForce version 2.45 (7/29/2003) |
| Video Card(s): | ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB (AGP 8X) |
| Video Drivers: | ATI Catalyst 3.8 |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Motherboards: | SiS755 Reference Board Abit KV8-MAX3 @ 204.3FSB Gigabyte K8NNXP-940 Athlon64 FX51 ChaintechZNF3-150 (nForce3) Athlon64 3200+ MSI K8T Neo (VIA K8T800) Athlon64 3200+ DFI NFII Ultra (nForce2 U400) Barton 3200+ Asus P4C800-E (Intel 875P) 3.2Ghz P4 |
The Athlon64 FX requires Registered or Registered ECC memory. Tests with the Gigabyte K8NNXP-940 were therefore performed with Mushkin High Performance Registered ECC DDR400 memory. Recent performance tests on Athlon64, nForce2 Ultra 400 and Intel 875/865 boards used 2 x 512MB Mushkin PC3500 Level II Double-bank memory.
All performance tests were run with the ATI 9800 PRO 128MB video card with AGP Aperture set to 128MB with Fast Write enabled. Resolution in all benchmarks is 1024x768x32.
For the fairest comparisons, benchmarks were recompiled for the Asus P4C800-E using a 3.2GHz Pentium4 processor.
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sandorski - Monday, November 24, 2003 - link
SiS seems to be a contender with this chipset. Hopefully the Final shipping boards exhibit similar performance.I think this also lays to rest the idea that all Athlon64/FX chipsets will perform equally because of the onchip memory controller.
Wesley Fink - Monday, November 24, 2003 - link
#1-We agree, and that feature is supposed to be available in the next version of our Graphing Engine. There is no current option to use different colors on single-set graphs. Before anyone asks again, the decision to use Flash for charts was because flash uses less bandwidth than any other option. On a site like AnandTech with very heavy traffic, bandwidth matters a great deal. We do not, as Editors, have the option to use other methods for charting.#2-While we have not found a difference in performance in our benchmarks, some claim the nForce3-150 use of 600HT/8-bit instead of the specified 800HT/16-bit DOES hamper performance in some demanding applications. nVidia is fixing this in the nForce3-250 and claim they will also provide 800HT/16-bit. It is expected that future Athlon64 chips will run at even higher HT speeds. As stated in the review, SiS calims 1000HT speed for their new 755FX for Socket 939FX.
Even if we ignore the impact of Hyper-Transport speed, the SiS755 outperformed both nF3-150 and K8T800 in virtually every benchmark we ran. SiS755 also provides SATA RAID and 8 USB 2.0 - features missing from nF3-150. While we did not publish the IDE bandwidth tests, it is well-known that SiS has the best IDE controller and the 755 does perform better in IDE tests than either nVidia (2nd) or VIA (last).
ViRGE - Monday, November 24, 2003 - link
Ok, maybe I haven't been keeping up with my A64 literature; but what is so important about being able to run at HT800, as opposed to 600? If the nForce3-150 performs on par with everything else, and can still use PC3200 memory like everything else, what's the problem?Basse - Monday, November 24, 2003 - link
Again, why not use a different color for the tested item in the graphs?Otherwise, nice review :-)
Poe uk - Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - link
SiS make stellar chipsets, as far back as my days in 486 computing always had great experiences with them, very fast reliable and cool running.inoncuppobmip - Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - link
Забор сетка-рабица.Простой, удобный и недорогой способ огородить территорию, скажем,
придомовую у окон – это забор сетка арматурная-рабица.
Сетка-рабица проста в изготовлении, легка в монтаже, а в зависимости от величины звеньев может стать или просто декоративным ограждением или серьёзной преградой на пути тех,
кто хочет проникнуть туда, куда не следует.