ECS L7S7A2 SiS 746 Mainboard Review (2)
Overclocker 31 Jan 2002

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Systems Compared

SiS 746 series

• ECS L7S7A2
• AMD AXP 2700+
• MSI GF4 Ti4200-8x / Detonator 31.00
• Windows 2000 with SP2
• 1 x 512MB Corsair XMS3500 CAS 2 DDR400
• Maxtor 40G ATA133 7200RPM
• ThermalTake heatsink/fan

SiS 746FX series

• SiS 746FX Reference board set to CAS 2, Ultra
• AMD AXP 2700+
• MSI GF4 Ti4200-8x / Detonator 31.00
• Windows 2000 with SP2
• 1 x 512MB Corsair XMS3500 CAS 2 DDR400
• Maxtor 40G ATA133 7200RPM
• ThermalTake heatsink/fan

nVIDIA nForce2 series

• Shuttle SN41G2 running in Dual Channel DDR266
• EPoX 8RDA+ running in Dual channel DDR266
• 2 x 256M Kingmax DDR333 module
• AMD AXP 2700+
• Windows 2000 with SP2
• Unified driver ver 2.0
• MSI GF4 Ti4200-8x / Detonator 31.00
• Maxtor 40G ATA133 7200RPM
• ThermalTake heatsink/fan

VIA KT400 series

• ABIT KD7 KT400 Mainboard 
• AMD AXP 2700+
• Windows 2000 with SP2
• VIA 4 in 1 4.43
• 1 x 512MB Corsair XMS3200 CAS 2.5 DDR400
• MSI GF4 Ti4200-8x / Detonator 31.00
• 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 otherwise stated. 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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