VIA K8T800 chipset SPEC Benchmarks
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Philadelphia, Pa
<a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11458" target=_blank>The Inq: Via benchmarks Opterons against Intel, Nvidia offerings</a>
BENCH MARKS hurriedly scribbled down by the INQUIRER on the back of a fag (cigarette) packet, show that Via is claiming its K8T800 and 8237 combo outshine Nvidia's Nforce 3 Pro 150 when combined with an Opteron 246 and blast a Xeon 3.06GHz using the Intel E7505 and ICH4 out of the water on SPEC ViewPerf 7.1 workstation benchmark apps.
Here are those details.
Via K8T800+8237/Opteron 246
3DSMAX-01 <b>10.82</b> DEV-08 <b>43.04</b> Light-05 <b>12.07</b> Proe-01 <b>13.60</b> UGS-01 <b>23.97</b>
Nvidia Nforce3 Pro 150/Opteron 246
3DSMAX-01 <b>10.74</b> DEV-08 <b>40.37</b> Light-05 <b>11.95</b> Proe-01 <b>12.91</b> UGS-01 <b>23.80</b>
Intel E7505+ICH4/Xeon 3.06GHz
3DSMAX-01 <b>10.62</b> DEV-08 <b>28.49</b> Light-05 <b>11.72</b> Proe-01 <b>11.01</b> UGS-01 <b>21.05</b>
The test config was apparently a MSI-9130 for the Via, an Asus SK8N (Nforce 3), and an MSI MS-9121 (E7505) with 1GB DDR 333 ECC Reg X2, an ATI 9700Pro, Hitach 80GB, WinXP1a, and DirectX 9.0a.
BENCH MARKS hurriedly scribbled down by the INQUIRER on the back of a fag (cigarette) packet, show that Via is claiming its K8T800 and 8237 combo outshine Nvidia's Nforce 3 Pro 150 when combined with an Opteron 246 and blast a Xeon 3.06GHz using the Intel E7505 and ICH4 out of the water on SPEC ViewPerf 7.1 workstation benchmark apps.
Here are those details.
Via K8T800+8237/Opteron 246
3DSMAX-01 <b>10.82</b> DEV-08 <b>43.04</b> Light-05 <b>12.07</b> Proe-01 <b>13.60</b> UGS-01 <b>23.97</b>
Nvidia Nforce3 Pro 150/Opteron 246
3DSMAX-01 <b>10.74</b> DEV-08 <b>40.37</b> Light-05 <b>11.95</b> Proe-01 <b>12.91</b> UGS-01 <b>23.80</b>
Intel E7505+ICH4/Xeon 3.06GHz
3DSMAX-01 <b>10.62</b> DEV-08 <b>28.49</b> Light-05 <b>11.72</b> Proe-01 <b>11.01</b> UGS-01 <b>21.05</b>
The test config was apparently a MSI-9130 for the Via, an Asus SK8N (Nforce 3), and an MSI MS-9121 (E7505) with 1GB DDR 333 ECC Reg X2, an ATI 9700Pro, Hitach 80GB, WinXP1a, and DirectX 9.0a.
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