System setup and notes
Here's a quick rundown of the test system should you wish to compare benchmark results with your own.Motherboards
ATI XPRESS 200 Bullhead reference motherboard
ASUS K8V Deluxe VIA K8T800 S939
Intel reference D925XECV2 LGA775
Intel reference D915GEV LGA775, run with GMA 900 onboard video
CPUS
AMD Athlon 64 3800+, S939, 2.4GHz
Intel Pentium 4 570J, LGA775, 3.8GHz
Other components
2x512MB OCZ Platinum Rev 2 dual-channel RAM (2-2-2-5)
2x512MB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 667 (3-3-3-10)
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT reference (350/1000)
Western Digital 160JB hard drive
Samcheer 420w PSU
Dell P991 19" monitor
Software
Windows XP Professional SP2
DirectX 9.0c
ATI Catalyst 2.2 IGP drivers
Intel 6.14.103.3943 GMA 900 drivers
VIA Hyperion 4.53 drivers
Intel 5.0.2.1003/6.0.1.1006 chipset drivers
NVIDIA ForceWare 61.77 drivers
CPU-Z 1.24
Benchmarks
Pifast v4.1
ScienceMark 2.0
Lame v3.92
MP3 encoding with Razor-Lame 1.15 front-end using U2's Pop album(611MB)
KribiBench v1.1
Realstorm Raytracing 2004 - 512x384 - no AA
HEXUS XviD encoding test
3DMark2001SE b330
3DMark03 b340
UT2003 HEXUS Custom low-detail and high-detail benchmarks
Comanche 4
DOOM 3 - Timedemo 1 - HQ
Notes
No stability problems to report. Benchmarks were carried out at 1024x768 85Hz unless otherwise stated. A brief oveclocking test confirmed that ATI's bus locks were indeed working. I was able to run at 265MHz driven clock with utter stability. I'll be taking a second, fuller look when we take retail models for a spin.
