Performance
As noted on the previous page, performance will be analysed quickly without too much attention paid to the specifics. The reference boards weren't too stable and performance was slightly variant in places.HEXUS Pifast
Intel's 925XE, on-board the ASUS P5AD2-E Premium, is the faster solution in our Pifast test. The PT894 repeatedly failed to complete a stock Pifast test with the 6800 GT in place with the PT880 Pro board suffering no such issues. Performance at 1066MHz effective front side bus frequency is competetive, though.
ScienceMark 2.0 - Access Latency
The PT894 platform returns the fastest access latency by a small margin, rounded down as it is reported. All three platforms are close, but remember the 925XE has to suffer much higher latency memory here.
ScienceMark 2.0 - Memory Bandwidth
The slower DDR400 memory available on the VIA boards gives rise to less bandwidth, which was to be expected. Remember both core logic sets support DDR2-667 memory.
Realstorm 2004
PT880 Pro brings up the rear with 925XE and DDR2 showing them both how it's done with Realstorm.
MP3 Encoding with LAME 3.92MMX
Both VIA boards end up a second or so slower than 925XE in our MP3 encoding test. Completely CPU bound, it highlights the odd performance during testing.
