First post, by kva
Hello again 😉
I wrote an article about Pentiums Pro and Overdrives. They are all tested in more or less modern software. It is in polish but it doesn't matter that much, charts are universal. Enjoy 😀
Hello again 😉
I wrote an article about Pentiums Pro and Overdrives. They are all tested in more or less modern software. It is in polish but it doesn't matter that much, charts are universal. Enjoy 😀
Wow that's a ton of work! These CPUs are sure interesting pieces to possess. Do you have results from Dhrystone benchmarks?
It is, benchmarking took about a month (every test was done at least three times, some of them taking forever...) 😁 . There are more tests working on POD but not working on PPro (because lack of MMX). They will be presented in the next article - POD vs P II.
I should have Dhrystone results, will check later.
wrote:It is, benchmarking took about a month (every test was done at least three times, some of them taking forever...) 😁 . There are more tests working on POD but not working on PPro (because lack of MMX). They will be presented in the next article - POD vs P II.
I should have Dhrystone results, will check later.
That's exciting as well! Are you testing PII-333? Will they both be tested on the same motherboard?
Great article!
I did similar tests (also using Pentium Pro... and many other CPUs) and it really takes a extreme amount of time. 😀
Your methodology is quite similar to mine - do you also plan to compare PPro to Pentium MMX, K6, Cyrix M2 or other CPUs from this era? P6 is really strong when running true 32-bit SW.
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NEAT!
reading now. thank you google translate!
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
No Quake benchmark?
The issue with a quake benchmark is the video card choice. I did some testing and Quake loves uncacheable speculative write combining (USWC) and not all motherboards/bioses/video cards support this. The Matrox G200 did and it's a 100% increase in FPS with it enabled.
I did some crude testing here: The Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison
BTW, still reading through!
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
I was testing CPUs in a way which allows me to compare anything with anything. The goal is to build a database of scores CPUs from 486 to moderns CPUs. Quake is not suitable for that.
Next one is about VIA C3 vs VIA C7 (both 1Ghz). A little spoiler - C7 isn't always better 😉
Dhrystone:
POD: 149443247
PPRO 256K: 85418837
PPRO 1MB: 83557957
There is no mistake, 256K is slightly faster (every test taken 3 times, AVG presented). I have no idea why.
Wow, POD retailed for $599? That seems like a great deal, for the time. Given that, I'm surprised they aren't easier to come by these days.
It wasn't that good. When it was released there was already Pentium II 400 on the market. Better of course than POD. And for PII you could buy mobos with AGP and SD-Ram. That also made a big difference.
Is anyone interested in comparison dual Pentium II Overdrive vs dual Celeron 366 (Abit BP6 ftw 😉 )?
Sure!
+1
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
wrote:Is anyone interested in comparison dual Pentium II Overdrive vs dual Celeron 366 (Abit BP6 ftw 😉 )?
what software?
Same as above, windows XP SP3, the same set of benchmarks/programs. But I am open for every suggestion and can test for you whatever you want 😉
wrote:Same as above, windows XP SP3, the same set of benchmarks/programs. But I am open for every suggestion and can test for you whatever you want 😉
quake 3 in smp? 😁 also i always wondered if the memory controller on those multi-ppro boards was up to the task (ie does memory transfer double when 2 cpus are used on tasks where memory speed is the only real factor)
I second quake3
wrote:also i always wondered if the memory controller on those multi-ppro boards was up to the task (ie does memory transfer double when 2 cpus are used on tasks where memory speed is the only real factor)
No, memory controller is integrated into chipset so it doesn't matter if there is one or two CPUs. So in memory intensive jobs scalling is rather bad. You can se it here:
Two PODs are much faster than PPro 1MB cache but the difference in this test is small, thats because of much too slow memory transfers.
I will do my best with Quake.
instead of winrar- can you give 7zip a shot? I did on my dual p-pro. and posted my results here 7-zip benchmarks for over 60 CPUs
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.