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VIA PT880 Reference Pentium 4 Motherboard Review
VIA PT880 Reference Pentium 4 Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
VIA's memory controllers have been revamped for the PT880, and now implement a technology called DualStream64.
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External Mfg. Website: VIA Jan 14 2004   Max Page  
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Benchmarks: Sysmark, and Winstone

PCStats Test System Specs:
processor: intel pentium 4 3.2c*
motherboards:

gigabyte 8knxp (i875p)
epox 4pda2+ (i865pe)**
sis 655fx reference board
via pt880 reference board

videocard:

ati radeon 9800 pro

memory:

2x 256mb corsair xms3500 cas2

hard drive: 40gb western digital special ed.
cdrom: nec 52x cd-rom
powersupply: vantec 470w stealth psu
software setup

windowsxp build 2600
intel inf 5.00.1012
via 4in1 4.49
sis beta drivers
catalyst 3.9

workstation benchmarks

sysmark2002
business winstone 2002
content creation 2002
winbench 99
sisoft sandra 2003
pcmark2002
3dmark2001se
quake iii arena
ut2003

* - hyperthreading was enabled and running for all the tests.
** - pat was enabled with the epox 4pda2+ as the end user would run the board with pat on.

BAPCO Sysmark 2002 Source:FutureMark / BAPco

SysMark2002 is more of an extension of SysMark2001 rather then a whole new benchmark. The applications used during testing have been updated and most importantly for AMD users, the new SysMark2002 uses the Windows Media Encoder 7.1 which supports the AthlonXP's SSE instructions.

BapCo SysMark 2002 Benchmark Results
Internet Content (FSB/Memory) Sysmarks Ranking
1. P4 3.2C/Gigabyte 8KNXP (200/400) 458
2. P4 3.2C/Epox 4PDA2+ (200/400) 456
3. P4 3.2C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400) 454
4. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (200/400) 461
5. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (211/422) 475

Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)

1 P4 3.2C/Gigabyte 8KNXP (200/400) 247
2. P4 3.2C/Epox 4PDA2+ (200/400) 246
3. P4 3.2C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400) 254
4. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (200/400) 242
4. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (211/422) 269

While this is only the first test, we're very impressed to see that the VIA PT880 handled it so well! Still beta, the PT880 comes within striking distance of Intel's flagship i875P.

Winstone 2002 Source: Zdnet

Content Creation Winstone 2002 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running top, Windows-based, 32-bit, content creation applications on Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Windows XP.

Business Winstone 2002 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running today's top-selling Windows-based 32-bit applications on Windows 98, Windows 2000 (SP6 or later), Windows Me, or Windows XP. Business Winstone doesn't mimic what these packages do; it runs real applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC takes to complete those activities to produce its performance scores.

Winstone 2002 Benchmark Results
Content Creation (FSB/Memory) Score Ranking
1. P4 3.2C/Gigabyte 8KNXP (200/400) 51.4
2. P4 3.2C/Epox 4PDA2+ (200/400) 50.7
3. P4 3.2C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400) 51.1
4. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (200/400) 51.3
5. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (211/422) 52.1

Business Winstone (FSB/Memory)

1 P4 3.2C/Gigabyte 8KNXP (200/400) 35.8
2. P4 3.2C/Epox 4PDA2+ (200/400) 35.1
3. P4 3.2C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400) 38.5
4. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (200/400) 35.2
5. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (211/422) 35.8

All the boards score about the same in Content Creation, and again we see that the VIA PT880 does very well for itself. In the Business Winstone test where the HDD comes into play a bit more, the SiS 655FX board beats out all other chipsets.

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Contents of Article: VIA PT880
 Pg 1.  VIA PT880 Reference Pentium 4 Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  VIA PT880 Intel Pentium 4 Chipset
 Pg 3.  Envy24PT 7.1 Channel Audio
 Pg 4.  VIA Networking
 Pg 5.  — Benchmarks: Sysmark, and Winstone
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: Winbench 99, SiSoft Sandra 2004
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: PCMark2002, 3DMark2001
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: AquaMark3, Quake III Arena
 Pg 9.  Benchmarks: UT2003, Conclusion

 
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