Asus P4C800-E: Updating the Intel Flagship
by Wesley Fink on August 30, 2003 10:55 PM EST- Posted in
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Performance Test Configuration
| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | Intel 3.0 800FSB Pentium 4 |
| RAM: | 2 x 256MB Corsair PC3200 TwinX LL (v1.1 or 1.2) Modules (SPD rated) |
| Hard Drive(s): | Maxtor 120GB 7200 RPM (8MB Buffer) Western Digital 120GB 7200 RPM Special Edition (8MB Buffer) |
| Bus Master Drivers: | Intel INF Update v5.00.1012 Intel IAA for 875P RAID not installed for consistency of Test Results |
| Video Card(s): | ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB (AGP 8X) |
| Video Drivers: | ATI Catalyst 3.6 |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Motherboards: | Asus P4C800-E @ 200.5 MHz FSB |
All performance tests that were run used two 256MB Corsair LL TwinX PC3200 Version 1.2 modules set to SPD timings of 2-2-3-6. All tests were with PAT automatically enabled. This was verified using CPUZ 1.18C to make certain Performance Mode was identified as “enabled” before every benchmark run. All other settings were left at default or “auto”.
Additions to Performance Tests
Several new benchmarks have been added to our standard Test Suite:1) ZD Labs Internet Content Creation Winstone 2003 — This benchmark has just been updated by ZD Labs and includes many new features in the Benchmark Suite, such as Media Encoding. It also uses the most up-to-date versions of Multimedia Creation software, which is rapidly changing as new software tools are released.
2) ZD Labs Business Winstone 2002 — ZD Labs Business Winstone has been around for many years and is a widely quoted Benchmark for measuring system performance. It basically provides a similar benchmarking suite to Sysmark 2002 Office Productivity.
3) Gun Metal DirectX Benchmark 2 — This demo/benchmark from Yeti Labs is one of the first DX9 game-based benchmarks available. Unlike some older benchmarks, such as Quake 3, which generate FPS ratings in the 300-400FPS range, we see performance numbers in the 30 to 40FPS range with current DX9 cards.
To give AnandTech readers a feel for how some of the newer benchmarks compare to the more familiar benchmarks used in past reviews, we have posted results for both the new benchmarks and Sysmark 2002, and all the games that have been a part of our standard benchmark suite.
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jsapyta - Sunday, October 17, 2004 - link
Is this board good for gaming or should I switch to a AMD board?aditm - Thursday, December 18, 2003 - link
Can I have this Board please? Can I, Can I ?If so ... what am I sopose to do with it?
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Aniway Thanks !
:)
Anonymous User - Thursday, October 23, 2003 - link
Thank you for your excellent review. To have theP4C800-E support both RAID 0 and RAID 1, would two
disks in RAID 0 configuration be connected to the two ICH5R SATA ports and another two disks in RAID
0 configuration be connected to the two Promise
PDC20378 SATA ports and then these two 2 disk RAID 0 arrays be configured to RAID 1 (mirroring)?
Anonymous User - Friday, October 10, 2003 - link
I too am having trouble loading a clean install onto a Raid Array, any insight would be appreciatedAnonymous User - Friday, September 12, 2003 - link
Using two WD raptors with the Asus P4c800-E want to run in Raid 0. I get in the raid set up but when I try to install windows [XP pro] I load the raid drivers {F6] window loads drivers.When it says loading windows for about two mins I get blue screen error something about drives or controllers not con figured. Could you shed some light on this problem. Works fine when using sata [non raid] Thanks NWAnonymous User - Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - link
OK, I vaguely remember the 1.5 vs 2.0 issue for Prescott. However, what about the 100+ watts that made a problem with motherboard power supplies? Has this issue been resolved? The Asus web site and the manual state, "New power design supports next generation Intel PrescottCPU. Does this mean this motherboard has fixed the power issue. Also, what CPU heat sink/fan combination was used for the testing with 250+MHz FSB?Anonymous User - Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - link
0sparkie - Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - link
Thanks,If I have any stability problems I ' ll inform U.
Icewind - Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - link
Its a 9800 which conforms to all the standards on mobos, so your fine.Anonymous User - Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - link
I believe the manual's reference to the ATI card versions is concerning the old problems with stability and enabling AGP 8x on early versions of these video cards on AGP 8x motherboards. I have a 1 year old 9700 Pro running perfectly on this motherboard at 8x with fast writes enabled, but I am not overclocking.