FIRST LOOK: Asus P5AD2-E - 1066FSB & DDR2-711
by Wesley Fink on November 29, 2004 12:01 AM EST- Posted in
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Test Setup
We compared the performance of the Asus P5AD2-E to the Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE (925XE), the Intel 925X motherboard, and the Asus P5AD2 Premium (925X). We tested with the 3.6Ghz 800FSB Intel 560 CPU on the 925X, and the 3.46EE 1066FSB CPU on the 925XE boards. We also included results for the fastest current A64 processors - the FX55 and the 4000+ on the nForce 4 PCI Express Reference board. To remove the video card as a performance factor, all benchmarks were run with the PCI Express nVidia 6800 Ultra.| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | Intel 3.46EE (1066FSB) Socket 775 Intel 560 (3.6GHz) Socket 775 AMD FX55 (2.6Ghz) Socket 939 AMD 4000+ (2.4GHz) Socket 939 |
| RAM: | 2 x 512MB Crucial DDR2-533 2 x 512MB OCZ 3200 Platinum Rev. 2 DDR |
| Hard Drive(s): | Maxtor 250GB MaXLine III (16MB buffer) |
| Video Card(s): | nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra PCIe |
| Video Drivers: | nVidia 61.77 Graphics Drivers |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Power Supply: | OCZ Power Stream 520 (520W) |
| Motherboards: | Asus P5AD2-E (Intel 925XE) Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE (Intel 925XE) Asus P5AD2 Premium (Intel 925X) Intel 925XCV (Intel 925X) nVidia nForce 4 Reference Board |
The configuration was kept as close as possible between the 3 motherboards, but we are forced to compare DDR400 memory at 2-2-2-10 to DDR2-533 at 3-3-3-10. However, as we saw in the DDR vs. DDR2 review, the performance of fast DDR400 and DDR533 is very close.
In the Performance graphs, the tested Asus P5AD2-E board is in Dark Blue. Other Intel-based motherboards are in Light Blue. Athlon 64 reference results are in Green - Light Green for FX55 and Dark Green for 4000+.
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bob661 - Monday, November 29, 2004 - link
#3Fiiiiiiirrrrreeeeeee!!!!
carl0ski - Monday, November 29, 2004 - link
who knows why anyone will buy a state of the art product for $1000but people do.
at this stage though i would rather spend $300 on a comparable AMD. then the Intel product benched.
or my pet project
intel pentium 75 MHZ on a Asus Super socket 7 board overclock setting of upto 133mhz
and a stick of pc133 ram
i wonder what would happen
MAME - Monday, November 29, 2004 - link
#1: Although you're obviously biased, AMD does hold a certain advantage over Intel in the gaming field.Beenthere - Monday, November 29, 2004 - link
Someone would HAVE to be a damn fool to buy Intel products at this point in the game... especially a $1000 piece of crap that gets blown away by a $140 A64 3000+ CPU. If someone is that dumb, send me all of you're money and I'll send you an A64 system with a ignorant "Intel Inside" sticker on the case and you'll think you have the faster Pig 4 on the face of the Earth!