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Gigabyte GV-R98P256D 256M Review (2)
Overclocker 8 Jul 2003

Benchmarking

We conduct the a number of tests on the setup with the following configuration :

Test System:

  • Intel P4 3.0C
  • ABIT IC7-G i875P running 2 x 256M DDR400 in Sync DDR400 CAS2, 2-2-5
  • Maxtor D740X-6L ATA133 7200RPM
  • AOPEN 40X CDROM
  • Gigabyte GV-R98P256D, Catalyst 3.0
  • Gigabyte GV-R98P128D, Catalyst 3.0
  • Tyan Tachyon Radeon 9700Pro, Catalyst 3.0
  • Channelwell 375W AMD Approved PSU 

Futuremark 3DMark2001SE Build 330, 3Dmark2003 and Overclocking

In our tests, we used the v-tuner that comes with the package to overclock the card. The card is default at 380/350 for core/memory. Although the memory is rated at 2.2ns which effectively can run at 500Mhz, we faced the same problem similar to the R98P128D, v-tuner does not allow us to tune it above 400Mhz.

We tried other software at hand and it seems to have this problem (or is there a solution). We ran the card max out at 454/364 (core/memory). Anything above that is unstable and tearing appears. This is especially when we increase the memory speed.

The results shows it very clearly that the 256M does not seem to be very much faster compared to the 128M edition. The only noticeable difference is at the overclocked speeds. It seems that the 256M version can overclock better at the core but not at memory.

In 3Dmark2003, the difference is more apparent where we see that 256M does actually benefit from the extra memory. Looks like the current benchmarks can't really take advantage of extra ram.

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