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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: AquaMark3, Quake III Arena

AquaMark3 Source: Massive Development

AquaMark3 is a powerful tool to determine reliable information about the gaming performance of a computer system. Because the benchmark extensively utilizes DirectX9, DirectX8 and DirectX7 functionality, it represents the requirements of typical gaming applications in 2003 and 2004.

AquaMark3 Benchmark Results
Processor Points Ranking
1. P4 3.2C/Gigabyte 8KNXP (200/400) 10582
2. P4 3.2C/Epox 4PDA2+ (200/400) 10560
3. P4 3.2C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400) 9726
4. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (200/400) 9988
5. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (211/422) 10515
AquaMark3 Benchmark Results
Overall Points Ranking
1. P4 3.2C/Gigabyte 8KNXP (200/400) 44743
2. P4 3.2C/Epox 4PDA2+ (200/400) 44749
3. P4 3.2C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400) 44297
4. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (200/400) 44486
5. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (211/422) 44845

For some reason the i875P/i865PE chipset based boards have a bit more CPU power than either the SiS 655FX or VIA PT880 reference chipsets. Not a big deal though as overall performance is essentially identical.

Quake III Arena

Source: ID Software

Quake III Arena is a First Person Shooter (FPS) that revolutionized gaming as we know it. Using multiple light sources and having graphics textures that can fill videocards.

Quake III Arena Fastest demo001 (SYSTEM)
Processor FPS Ranking
1. P4 3.2C/Gigabyte 8KNXP (200/400) 536.3
2. P4 3.2C/Epox 4PDA2+ (200/400) 530.8
3. P4 3.2C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400) 515.7
4. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (200/400) 519.3
5. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (211/422) 542.7

Quake III Arena Fastest nv15demo (CPU STRESS)
Processor FPS Ranking
1. P4 3.2C/Gigabyte 8KNXP (200/400) 146.3
2. P4 3.2C/Epox 4PDA2+ (200/400) 144.6
3. P4 3.2C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400) 140.3
4. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (200/400) 142.5
5. P4 3.2C/VIA PT880 Ref Board (211/422) 147.7

While the Intel chipsets are a little bit faster you're not going to notice it while gaming.

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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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