Intel 945P Motherboards: Going from Hopeless to Enthusiastic
by Gary Key on November 15, 2005 12:02 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
Test Setup
The Intel 945P chipset fully supports the 820, 830, and 840 dual core Pentium D processors in both stock and overclocked conditions. This chipset will not support the 840EE dual core processor. Dual core truly makes a difference in certain multi-tasking scenarios, as was demonstrated in the dual core performance article. If you are interested in how the various chipsets perform in a real world multitasking setup, please take another look at that review.
The board's memory was operated at 4-4-4-15 (Foxconn) and 3-2-2-8 (Asus, Gigabyte, Epox) for the benchmarking suites and previous boards have been retested at this configuration, DDR2-667, and with an Intel Pentium 820D.
The Intel 945P chipset fully supports the 820, 830, and 840 dual core Pentium D processors in both stock and overclocked conditions. This chipset will not support the 840EE dual core processor. Dual core truly makes a difference in certain multi-tasking scenarios, as was demonstrated in the dual core performance article. If you are interested in how the various chipsets perform in a real world multitasking setup, please take another look at that review.
The board's memory was operated at 4-4-4-15 (Foxconn) and 3-2-2-8 (Asus, Gigabyte, Epox) for the benchmarking suites and previous boards have been retested at this configuration, DDR2-667, and with an Intel Pentium 820D.
| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | Intel Pentium 820 (2.8GHz, 800FSB, Dual-Core, 2x1MB L2) utilized for all tests |
| RAM: | 2 x 512MB Corsair CM2X512A-5400UL revision 1.3 Settings- DDR2-667 as noted at (CL3-2-2-8) |
| Hard Drive(s): | 2 x Maxtor MaXLine III 7L300S0 300GB 7200 RPM SATA (16MB Buffer), 1 x Maxtor MaXLine III 7L300R0 300GB 7200 RPM IDE (16MB Buffer). |
| System Platform Drivers: | Intel Chipset Software - 7.2.2.1006 |
| Video Cards: | 1 x XFX 7800GTX OC (PCI Express) for all tests |
| Video Drivers: | NVIDIA nForce 81.85 WHQL |
| Audio Drivers: | Realtek HD R1.26 |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP2 |
| Motherboards: | Asus P5N32-SLI Deluxe Gigabyte GA-8I955X Royal Epox 5LDA+GLI Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 Asus P5LD2 Deluxe |
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Houdani - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - link
The other reviewers here at Anandtech offer their own style, thereby providing the "mix it up" factor. I personally don't think you need to adjust your style, as I happen to like the cultural infusion supplied by your literary quotes.Furen - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - link
Fair enough, I was just giving my personal opinion on the matter.bersl2 - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - link
What's wrong with being exposed to what the author believes to be wisdom? Surely you don't read these articles simply for the technical specifications; otherwise, you would read the spec sheet. Why, then, do you object to the author trying to relate an idea to you?Furen - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - link
I read the articles for their technical merits. Spec sheets do not show how the different components interact with one another nor can they show performance, stability, etc; and, most importantly of all, they're made by the manufacturer, who is hardly to be considered an unbiased source. The problem with throwing a strong idea in front of the reader before giving him article is that this idea becomes the filter through which the rest of the article is viewed. This is, of course, very effective if you are trying to persuade the user to reach the same conclusions as you, but it skews the reader's ability to analize the purely technical merits of the products.mbhame - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - link
What makes you so sure Conroe is the last P4? ;)JarredWalton - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - link
Conroe isn't a P4. It's the next generation architecture that Intel has not yet named - also referred to as the NGATIHNYN. :p