Intel 925X/915: Chipset Performance & DDR2
by Wesley Fink on June 19, 2004 3:01 AM EST- Posted in
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925X vs. 875: Test Configuration
Intel claims a 2% to 7% performance advantage for the 925X over the 875 chipset. However, comparisons are with DDR400 3-3-3 memory on the 875 with both systems powered by a Prescott 3 GHz chip. A more typical high-end 875, today, would be running the faster Northwood CPU and the latest DDR400 2-2-2-5 memory available from Corsair and other vendors. For this comparison, we looked at the best of the current Intel 875 Generation compared to the best 925X that Intel is introducing today at the same 3.2GHz speed.| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | Intel 540 (3.2GHz) Socket 775 Intel 3.2GHz Northwood Socket 478 |
| RAM: | 2 x 512MB Micron DDR2 533 2 x 512MB Corsair 3200XL (Samsung 2-2-2-5) |
| Hard Drive(s): | 2 x 250GB Maxtor MaXLine III in SATA RAID 2 x 36.7 Western Digital Raptor SATA RAID |
| Video AGP & IDE Chipset Drivers: | Intel Chipset Driver 6.0.0.1014 Intel Application Accelerator 4.0.0.6211 |
| Video Card(s): | nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra PCIe nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra AGP 8X |
| Video Drivers: | nVidia 61.45 Graphics Drivers |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Power Supply: | HiPro 470W (Intel) Vantec Stealth 470W Aluminum |
| Motherboards: | Intel 925XCV (Intel 925X) Socket 775 Asus P4C800-E (Intel 875P) Socket 478 |
As previously stated, the performance impact of the nVidia 6800 Ultra bridge chip for PCIe is unknown at this point.
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Neekotin - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
guess i'll be keeping my system for another 1 year.. hehehe ;). just gonna buy me a new GPU!Degrador - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
Well this has just confirmed my plan for an athlon 64 next - I can't see any reason to be looking towards intel, either now or in the near future (next 6 months).WileCoyote - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
baby steps...mkruer - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
Actually now that I think of Intel might be correct. The chipset may be up to 15% faster, its just that Prescott is up to 15% slower.wicktron - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
zzzzzzmkruer - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
The moral of this story, buy AMD instead.Falloutboy525 - Saturday, June 19, 2004 - link
now it makes sence as to why amd isn't even bothering wth ddr2 till it speeds up