ECS K7S7AG SiS 746 + Xabre200 Review (2)
Overclocker 22 Dec 2002

Benchmarking

Systems Compared

SiS 746 series

• ECS K7S7AG
• AMD AXP 2400+
• Built-in Xabre 200 with AGP drivers 3.08
• Windows 2000 with SP2
• 1 x 512MB Corsair XMS3200 CAS 2.5 DDR400
• Maxtor 40G ATA133 7200RPM
• ThermalTake heatsink/fan

nVIDIA nForce2 series

• EPoX 8RDA+ running in Dual channel DDR266
• 2 x 256M Kingmax DDR333 module
• AMD AXP 2400+
• Windows 2000 with SP2
• VIA 4 in 1 4.43
• ABIT Siluro GF4 Ti4200 / Detonator 40.41
• Maxtor 40G ATA133 7200RPM
• ThermalTake heatsink/fan

VIA KT400 series

• ABIT KD7 KT400 Mainboard 
• AMD AXP 2400+
• Windows 2000 with SP2
• VIA 4 in 1 4.43
• 1 x 512MB Corsair XMS3200 CAS 2.5 DDR400
• ABIT Siluro GF4 Ti4200 / Detonator 40.41
• Maxtor 40G ATA133 7200RPM
• ThermalTake heatsink/fan

The following tests are run at least 3 times to obtain a sustain score. We ran in DDR333 mode. The ram timing settings at DDR333 are set at CAS 2, 2-2-5. 

All above setup are set to operate with an AGP aperture size of 128MB so that consistent results can be used for comparison purposes.

Benchmark Tests Run

Memory Benchmarks

- SiSoft Sandra 2002

FPU Benchmarks

- SuperPI

Content Based

- Content Creation Winstone 2002
- Business Winstone 2001

Graphics/Rendering

- Quake 3 Demo 001 (800x600x32)
- 3Dmark2001SE Build 330 (1024x768x32)
- Comanche 4 (1024x768x32)
 

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