Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 15:41

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by nd22

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When compared against nforce2 and KT880 we have the following: nforce2: 14506 - 100% KT880: 13012 - 89.70% KT600: 13656 - 94.14% nForce2 wins a clear victory hear as the difference is >5% against the 2 VIA chipsets!

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 15:37

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We are now going back to DirectX7 with 3dmark 2000! As usual we start with 1024*768 resolution - default settings:

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 10:26

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With the final comparison in this benchmark: nforce2: 40.51 - 100% KT880: 37.45 - 92.44% KT600: 40.98 - 101.16% It seems that VT1616 helps so much KT600 that in Aqua mark 3 nforce2 is no longer winning outright! Now KT880 is the outsider simply because the cheap realtek alc650 codec used by Abit. It …

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 10:18

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And the final Aqua mark 3 test: 1600*1200 with sound!

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 10:16

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And the comparison: nForce2: 41.88 - 100% KT880: 40.34 - 96.32% KT600: 41.76 - 99.71% Too close to declare a winner!

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 10:14

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We reach the final resolution: 1600*1200 with NO sound:

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 10:13

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When comparing to nforce2 and KT880 we got the following: nforce2: 43.94 - 100% KT880: 38.67 - 88.00% KT600: 44.76 - 101.86% VT1616 audio codec makes an enormous difference and KT600 is the equal of nforce2 with sound storm!

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 10:10

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Now is the same 1280*1024 resolution but with sound:

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 10:08

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Again we are comparing with the nforce2 and KT880 results: nforce2: 45.09 - 100% KT880: 44.44 - 98.55% KT600: 45.78 - 101.53% Again VIA KT600 has a very small advantage over nforce2 - not enough to secure a victory - between all 3 chipsets the results are too close to call!

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 10:06

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Now we switch to 1280*1024 resolution with NO sound:

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 10:04

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And now for the comparison with the other 2 chipsets: nforce2: 46.63 - 100% KT880: 40.16 - 86.12% KT600: 47.16 - 101.13% For the first time KT600 takes the lead! It is a very small advantage and I consider this result to be equal to the nforce2 result not an outright victory for KT600 but please …

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 09:58

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We are continuing with the same 1024*768 resolution but with max settings including sound:

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 09:55

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When compared to nforce2 and KT880 - the average FPS is taken into account not the score! - the results are within the margin of error: nforce2: 50.95 - 100% KT880: 49.33 - 96.82% KT600: 49.95 - 98.03%

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 08:53

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Code creatures testing is done, we are continuing with Aquamark 3 - a directx9 benchmark. Resolution 1024*768 default settings:

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 08:46

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When compared to previous results, KT600 stands up pretty good! Sound OFF: nforce2: 42.8 - 100% KT880: 42.2 - 98.59% KT600: 42.5 - 99.29% Sound ON: nforce2: 42.6 - 100% KT880: 41.5 - 97.41% KT600: 42.6 - 100% At this resolution the results are all bunched up close because even geforce 7800gs is …

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 08:38

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Finally we arrive at the daddy of all resolutions during socket 462 era: 1600*1200! Without and with sound:

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 08:33

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The comparison to nforce2 and KT880: Sound OFF: nforce2: 51.3 fps - 100% KT880: 49.6 fps - 96.68% KT600: 50.4 fps - 98.24% Sound ON nforce2: 50.8 - 100% KT880: 47.5 - 93.50% KT600: 49.9 - 98.22% nFORCE2 wins this time too but, when compared to KT600, the result is within the margin of error!

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 08:15

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We are increasing the resolution to 1280*1024 and we get the following results without and with sound on Abit KV7/VIT KT600:

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 08:12

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Now the comparison with KT880 and nforce2 - average number of frames per second is what I compare! 1. Sound OFF Nforce2: 61.4 fps - 100% KT880: 58.9 fps -95.92 % KT600: 59.7fps - 97.23% 2. Sound ON: nforce2: 60.9 fps - 100% KT880: 55.9 fps - 91.78% KT600: 59.6 fps - 97.86% Nforce2 wins again but the …

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 08:04

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by nd22

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Next is the 1024-768 resolution with maximum settings which in the case of Code creatures is only represented by AA. Without and with sound:

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