Pentium 4 Northwood Overclocking Guide - Page 5

Now that we're finally cooking into the actual overclocking section, we should spell out exactly what systems we're running the gauntlet with. As stated previously, we have gone with both a mid-range i845D system, as well as offering up comparison overclocking results with a higher-end SiS 645DX platform.

General Settings:
Desktop Resolution: 1024x768
Color Depth: 16-bit
V-Sync: Disabled

Intel 845D Platform
Processors: Pentium 4 1.6A
Memory: 2x256MB Kingmax PC2700 DIMM
Motherboard: Asus P4B266-C
Motherboard chip set: Intel 845D
Video Card: ATI Radeon 8500 Retail (clocked at 290/290)
ATI reference drivers: 7.70
Hard-Drive: Seagate 40GB 7200 RPM ATA100
IDE Interface: Ultra ATA100
Sound: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
CD/DVD: Asus 8X DVD-ROM
Power Supply: Antec 350 watt
Operating System: Windows XP Pro

SiS 645DX Platform
Processors: Intel Pentium 4-1.8A
Memory: 512 MB Crucial PC2700 DIMM
Motherboard: MSI 645E Max 2
Motherboard chip set: SiS 645DX
NVIDIA reference drivers: 29.42
Video Card: VisionTek Xtasy GeForce4 Ti 4600
Hard-Drive: Western Digital 40GB 7200RPM ATA100
IDE Interface: Ultra ATA100
Sound: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live
CD/DVD: Panasonic DVD-ROM
Power Supply: Sparkle 400 Watt
Operating System: Windows XP Pro

Quake III Arena Test Specifics:
Version: 1.30 (retail)
V-Sync: Disabled
Sound Disabled
Video Mode Tested
: High Quality: Defaults

3DMark 2001 Pro SE Specifics:
Version 1.0
SiSoft Sandra 2002:
CPU Arithmetic, CPU Multimedia, and Memory Bandwidth tests