Benchmarking
Setup
Duron
800 Setup
Hardware
| CPU(s) |
AMD
Duron 800 @ 800 MHz
|
| Heatsink
& Fan |
3dfxCOOL
Socket A-HO Fan
|
| Motherboard(s) |
Azza
KT133BX
|
| Memory |
128 MB Micron PC100 Cas2 SDRAM
|
| Hard
Drive(s) |
Western
Digital 25 GB ATA66
|
|
CD-ROM
|
EPO
50x
|
| Sound
Card |
On
board 3D Surround (AC97 Codec)
|
| Video
Card |
Absolute
Multimedia Outrageous GeForce2 GTS
|
Celeron2
850 Setup
Hardware
| CPU(s) |
Intel
Celeron2 566 @ 850 MHz
|
| Heatsink
& Fan |
GlobalWin
FKP-32
|
| Motherboard(s) |
Abit
BX6 rev.2 (BX chipset)
|
| Memory |
128 MB Micron PC100 Cas2 SDRAM
|
| Hard
Drive(s) |
Western
Digital 25 GB ATA66
|
|
CD-ROM
|
iomagic
40x
|
| Sound
Card |
Creative
Soundblaster Live X-Gamer
|
| Video
Card |
Absolute
Multimedia Outrageous GeForce2 GTS
|
Software Used (Both
Systems)
| Operating
System |
Windows
ME
|
| Video
/ VIA Drivers |
nVidia
6.31 final release
|
| |
Benchmarking
Applications
|
| OpenGL |
Quake
III Arena
|
| DirectX |
Microsoft
DirectX 7.1
|
| Other |
Madonion
3DMark 2000 v1.1, SiSoft Sandra 2000,ZD CPUMark 99
|
Running the Celeron2 at
100 MHz FSB does a lot for its performance. I used a trusty old BX board since
that offers the best memory performance. Most of the VIA Apollo Pro boards
for these Intel processors will let you run the memory at an independant speed
of the system FSB - so I highly recommend you run your memory at 133 MHz if
possible. Since the BX board doesn't allow seperate memory/system FSB adjustment
I set the memory to CAS2 in the BIOS to give the Celeron every bit of performance
that I could.
The Azza board I used
for the Duron is a very good one. I recommend you read the
review if you are interested in a Socket A board. The VIA KT133 chipset
on this board also allows the memory to operate independent of the system
FSB so I set it to 133 and enabled every memory enhancer I could in the BIOS.
I used the same CAS2 memory stick in both boards - but had to run it at CAS3
at 133 MHz. You have to take these types of motherboard differences as they
can really affect the overall system performance..
