Performance
In this performance section, we are actually providing two reference points for the MSI 645E Max2-LRU. The first is against the Intel 850E, using the 533 MHz Pentium 4-2.4B and the second is the Intel 845D powered by a standard Pentium 4-2.4 GHz. The first example will demonstrate how the SiS 645DX performs against the high-end Pentium 4 RDRAM platform, while the second comparison covers the chipset transition to the 533 MHz FSB and the addition of DDR333.
The video portion is supplied by the powerful GeForce4 Ti 4600, thereby giving each system a lot of 3D headroom in the game benchmarks. Also note that while we tested the ATA-133 RAID controller in specific HD tests and real-world use, the provided comparison benchmarks were performed with the standard SiS IDE.
Test Systems
General Settings:
Desktop Resolution: 1024x768
Color Depth: 16-bit
V-Sync: Disabled
SiS 645DX - MSI 645E Max 2 Motherboard
Processors: Pentium 4-2.4B
Memory: 512 MB Crucial PC2700 DIMM
Motherboard: MSI 645E Max2-LRU
Motherboard chip set: SiS 645DX
NVIDIA reference drivers: 28.32
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
Intel i850E - Intel D850EMV2 Motherboard
Processors: Pentium 4-2.4B
Memory: 512 MB Kingston PC800 RDRAM
Motherboard: Intel D850EMV2
Motherboard chip set: Intel 850E
NVIDIA reference drivers: 28.32
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
Intel 845D - Intel D845BG Motherboard
Processor: Pentium 4-2.4
Memory: 512 MB Crucial PC2700
Motherboard: Intel D845BG
Motherboard chip set: Intel 845D
NVIDIA reference drivers: 28.32
Hard-Drive: Western Digital 40GB 7200RPM ATA100
IDE Interface: Ultra ATA/100
Sound: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live
CD/DVD: Panasonic DVD-ROM
Power Supply: Sparkle 400 Watt
Operating System: Windows XP Pro
Content Creation: Winstone 2001 Test Specifics:
Version: 1.0.3
Business Winstone 2002 Test Specifics:
Version 1.0.1
Quake III Arena Test Specifics
Version: 1.30 (retail)
V-Sync: Disabled
Sound Disabled
High Quality Defaults
Return to Castle Wolfenstein Specifics:
Version 1.0
High Quality Defaults
Checkpoint MP demo
