Desktop CPU Comparison - September 99
by Anand Lal Shimpi on September 6, 1999 1:23 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
The Test
With four different interface requirements (Slot-1, Socket-370, Slot-A, Super Socket-7) included in this comparison, leveling the playing field was a somewhat difficult task however it was accomplished to the best of our abilities nevertheless. All Socket-370 CPUs were run using a Socket-370 to Slot-1 adapter card, therefore eliminating any differences between motherboards in the benchmarks comparing Socket-370 and Slot-1 processors. Since the test hard drive was the IBM Deskstar 22GXP, a Ultra ATA 66 HDD, and the AMD 750 chipset used on all Athlon boards natively supports Ultra ATA 66, the Promise Ultra 66 adapter card was used in all test systems without native support for Ultra ATA 66 in order to further level the playing field.
The Test Systems were configured as follows:
Windows 98 SE Test System |
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Hardware |
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CPU(s) |
Intel Pentium II 233 |
Intel Celeron 333 Intel Celeron 366 Intel Celeron 400 Intel Celeron 433 Intel Celeron 466 Intel Celeron 500 |
AMD K6-2 300 AMD K6-2 333 AMD K6-2 350 AMD K6-2 400 AMD K6-2 475 AMD K6-III 450 |
AMD Athlon 600 AMD Athlon 650 |
| Motherboard(s) | ABIT BX6 R2 | ABIT BX6 R2 + "Sloket" Adapter | Tyan Trinity S1598 | FIC SD11 |
| Memory | 128MB PC133 Corsair SDRAM |
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| Hard Drive | IBM Deskstar 22GXP 22GB Ultra ATA 66 HDD |
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| CDROM | Phillips 48X |
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| Disk Controller | Promise Ultra 66 - Ultra ATA 66 Controller |
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| Video Card | Diamond Viper V770 Ultra clocked at 150/183MHz (core/mem) |
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| Ethernet | Linksys LNE100TX 100Mbit PCI Ethernet Adapter |
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Software |
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Operating System |
Windows 98 SE |
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| Video Drivers | NVIDIA Reference Detonator 2.08 drivers |
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Benchmarking Applications |
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Business |
Ziff Davis Winstone 99 |
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| Gaming | idSoftware Quake 3 Test 1.08 (OpenGL) |
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Windows NT 4 Test System |
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Hardware |
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CPU(s) |
Intel Pentium II 233 |
Intel Celeron 333 Intel Celeron 366 Intel Celeron 400 Intel Celeron 433 Intel Celeron 466 Intel Celeron 500 |
AMD K6-2 300 AMD K6-2 333 AMD K6-2 350 AMD K6-2 400 AMD K6-2 475 AMD K6-III 450 |
AMD Athlon 600 AMD Athlon 650 |
| Motherboard(s) | Soyo SY-D6IBA2 | Soyo SY-D6IBA2 + "Sloket" Adapter | Tyan Trinity S1598 | FIC SD11 |
| Memory | 128MB PC133 Corsair SDRAM |
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| Hard Drive | IBM Deskstar 22GXP 22GB Ultra ATA 66 HDD |
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| CDROM | Phillips 48X |
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| Disk Controller | Promise Ultra 66 - Ultra ATA 66 Controller |
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| Video Card | Diamond Viper V770 Ultra clocked at 150/183MHz (core/mem) |
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| Ethernet | Linksys LNE100TX 100Mbit PCI Ethernet Adapter |
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Software |
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Operating System |
Windows NT 4 + Service Pack 5 |
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| Video Drivers | NVIDIA Reference Detonator 2.08 drivers |
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Benchmarking Applications |
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Business |
Ziff Davis Winstone 99 |
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Professional |
3D Studio MAX R2.5 |
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| Gaming | idSoftware Quake 3 Test 1.08 (OpenGL) |
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