AnandTech: Intel 925X/915: Chipset Performance & DDR2
http://www.anandtech.com/chipsets/showdoc.html?i=2088&p=1
1.) AMD FX-53 smokes both chipsets in a majority of the benchmarks.
2.) No real advantage of the 925/915 chipsets over the 875 chipset.
3.) No advtage for DDR2 over DDR. As of right now, there is no advantage and with loose timings. If you want tight timings, stick with DDR. The gigabyte board offers a bridge from DDR to DDR2 with the offering of the memory types.
One thing I hate that I didnt know of was the new chipsets will only have 1 IDE controller. They will have 4 SATA controllers which is a plus but that forces people to move to SATA.
Overall: Stick with 875P for the moment as there is no advantage now.
1.) AMD FX-53 smokes both chipsets in a majority of the benchmarks.
2.) No real advantage of the 925/915 chipsets over the 875 chipset.
3.) No advtage for DDR2 over DDR. As of right now, there is no advantage and with loose timings. If you want tight timings, stick with DDR. The gigabyte board offers a bridge from DDR to DDR2 with the offering of the memory types.
One thing I hate that I didnt know of was the new chipsets will only have 1 IDE controller. They will have 4 SATA controllers which is a plus but that forces people to move to SATA.
Overall: Stick with 875P for the moment as there is no advantage now.
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Some other things. The P4 system was setup with RAID so that helped with PCMark. And it was noted several times if there was a performance loss from the PCI-E bridge. They were unsure of that.
Computex in Taipei is one of the largest market indicator shows in the world. If there's a lot of a certain type of thing there, you can bet it's probably going to be big on the real market.
That said, the <i>only</i> vendor showing BTX equipment was Intel, and an unmemorable third-rate mobo manufacturer.