System Setup
As mentioned earlier, EPoX came through with a special motherboard for testing. A variant of their v1.1 Springdale-PE based 4PDA2+, complete with factory voltage modification to give more than the measly 1.6V (1.52V real load) max adjust in the shipping BIOS. As it happens, I didn't get to use it properly, but many thanks to EPoX for giving the helping hand incase I did.With only one or two Extreme Edition Pentium 4's doing the rounds in the UK at the moment, slapping it under the VapoChill was always going to be a gamble, disasters do happen. But Asetek wanted a good test, so it would have been rude not to.
With the same Corsair XMS3200LL TwinX from the XP3200+ runs and the same ASUS V9950 FX5900 Ultra too, here's the entire list of components used in testing.
- Asetek VapoChill eXtreme Edition
- Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz Extreme Edition (16 x 200, 512KB L2, 2048KB L3)
- EPoX EP-4PDA2+ Springdale-PE Socket 478 Motherboard
- Corsair XMS3200LL TwinX 512MB Memory Kit
- Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 80GB
- ASUS V9950 GeForceFX 5900 Ultra 256MB
- Enermax 431W ATX PSU
- Windows XP Professional w/SP1
- NVIDIA Detonator XP 45.23
- Intel Chipset Driver 5.00.1012
- DirectX 9.0a Runtime
- 3DMark 2001SE v330
- Quake3 v1.30 (Four demo)
- Aquamark 3
- HEXUS Pifast
- HEXUS SETI
- RealStorm Raytracer
- LAME 3.92MMX w/Razor f.e
- Unreal Tournament 2003 (HEXUS Low Detail Botmatch)
- Serious Sam 2 Demo
- ScienceMark 2.0 (Primordia w/Ag)
