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Review: DFI LANPARTY PRO875B Canterwood

by Tarinder Sandhu on 22 June 2004, 00:00

Tags: DFI (TPE:2397)

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System setup, overclocking, and notes

Here's a quick rundown of the test system should you wish to compare benchmark results with your own.
  • DFI LANPARTY PRO875B Canterwood motherboard (12/02/2004 BIOS)
  • EPoX 8HDA3+ K8T800 chipset-based motherboard (02/12/2003 BIOS)
  • ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe i875P Canterwood motherboard; (Revision 1.15 BIOS)
  • ASUS P4R800-V Deluxe ATI 9100 IGP motherboard (26/02/2004 BIOS)

Other components

  • Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz Northwood CPU.
  • AMD Athlon 64 Model 3400+ CPU (2.2GHz)
  • ASUS Radeon 9800 XT (412/730)
  • 2 x 256MB Corsair XMS3500C2, run at 2-2-2-6 for DFI's LANPARTY PRO875B and ASUS' P4R800-V. 2.5-2-2-6 for the EPoX 8HDA3+
  • Pioneer 105 DVD-RW
  • Western Digital 160GB (WD1600) 8MB cache hard drive
  • Western Digital 36GB Raptor, 10,000RPM
  • Dell P991 19" monitor

Software

  • Windows XP Professional SP1
  • DirectX 9.0b
  • Intel 5.1.1.1002 chipset drivers
  • VIA Hyperion 4.51 driver set
  • ATI CATALYST 4.1 drivers and control panel
  • Pifast v41 to 10m places
  • Lame v3.92 MP3 encoding with Razor-Lame 1.15 front-end using U2's Pop album (607MB)
  • HEXUS XviD encoding test
  • KribiBench 1.1
  • ScienceMark 2.0
  • Realstorm Raytracing benchmark 320x180x32
  • HDTach 2.61
  • 3DMark 2001SE v330
  • UT2003 Retail (Build 2225)
  • X²: The Threat - Rolling Demo
  • Comanche 4 benchmark
  • Quake 3 v1.30 HQ
  • Call of Duty - HEXUS Custom Test
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Notes

No problems to report during installation of Windows XP. All devices were found correctly. The latest drivers from the features' respective websites were used. We'll be looking at the LANPARTY PRO875's performance against another excellent Canterwood motherboard, ASUS' P4C800-E Deluxe. We'll also be including ASUS' Radeon 9100 IGP -based motherboard, the P4R800-V Deluxe, and EPoX's 8HDA3+ with an AMD Athlon 64 Model 3400+.

Overclocking

Canterwood boards, in particular, have shown a tendency to run at way past their rated speeds. 250MHz FSB (1GHz FSB in Intel speak) should be attainable by most boards. Our FSB testing was undertaken with no special cooling directed at the motherboard. Imagine our surprise to see it boot effortlessly a 300MHz FSB.



We're adamant that 300MHz FSB is just a base, for the board remained the paradigm of stability at 50% above rated FSB specifications. Our sample is limited to just one. There's no indication that all PRO875Bs will display the same prodigious FSB ability, but we don't have any evidence to the contrary, either.

Running speeds

3408.2MHz - Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz / DFI LANPARTY PRO875B (Canterwood, 2-2-2-6)

3407.7MHz - Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz / ASUS P4R800-V Deluxe (ATI 9100 IGP, 2-2-2-6)

3398.3MHz - Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz / ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe (Canterwood, 2-2-2-6)

2208.4MHz - AMD Athlon 64 Model 3400+ / EPoX 8HDA3+ (K8T800 - 2.5-2-2-6)

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