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

Posted on 2023-06-01, 10:09

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And now for the final conclusion: what is the highest performance chipset supporting Athlon XP with a 333 MHz FSB? Answer is: there is no winner, they are equal! If all you got is a VIA KT333 motherboard than that is fine, you will not loose any performance compared to a VIA KT400 one. How about the …

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

Posted on 2023-06-01, 06:22

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The results of the tests without sound show us how little difference is between all 3 chipsets: less than 1%! Basically we are talking about the same performance. It also shows us that even a Geforce 7800gs is not bottlenecked by the AGP 4X on the VIA KT333 chipset. The so called improved and …

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

Posted on 2023-06-01, 05:20

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Now they we got all the result is time to analyze them. For ease of use I made a single table with all the data; the system with AT7 – VIA KT333 is considered the baseline: 100% and the other 2 systems results will be compared to it!

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

Posted on 2023-05-31, 15:33

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PD2JK wrote on 2023-05-31, 10:30: Are those Rubycon caps original? I used to own a MAX2 with leaking caps, they even had a 'solid' look / package. Yes, they are original; I acquired AT7 & AT7-MAX 2 with the full package - box, cables,... - the seller said they were used in the showroom before being …

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

Posted on 2023-05-31, 15:29

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Abit KD7A with VIA KT400A: Pros: 1. Auxiliary power connector present – it can work with any modern PSU 2. rubycon capacitors: there was not a single time when the system froze! 3. Any RAM will work, I simply put the first modules I laid my eyes on and it worked! 4. I do not know if this is a plus …

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

Posted on 2023-05-31, 04:17

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Abit AT7 – MAX 2 with VIA KT400 Pros: 1. Auxiliary power connector present – it can work with any modern PSU; I tested with Corsair RM650 and it passed several hours of 3d mark 2001 2. hardware monitoring is excellent 3. rubycon capacitors: there was not a single time when the system froze! 4. BIOS …

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

Posted on 2023-05-30, 13:50

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A few pros and cons about each motherboard: Abit AT7 – VIA KT333 Pros: 1. I do not have any other KT333 motherboard to compare with but after reading the 2002 reviews, forum posts and seeing the results I believe that this is the faster VIA KT333 motherboard worldwide. So if you want the fastest …

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

Posted on 2023-05-30, 13:48

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Before analyzing the results some impressions about the 3 systems: all of them feel really snappy and responsive; there was not a single moment when one felt sluggish or difficult to use, the upgrade to a newer platform does not translate in an increase in usability! XP flies on all 3; benchmarks …

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

Posted on 2023-05-30, 05:40

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Point taken! I am now making a chart that I will put in the forum, similar to the one I made when comparing nforce2 against KT880!

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

Posted on 2023-05-29, 03:35

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A bit more info about the drivers and other software used: VIA platform driver version 4.56v Nvidia driver version 93.71 Realtek driver version 4.06 Everest 5.50 & CPU – Z legacy for system monitoring and all info MSI afterburner 4.30 & Fraps 3.4.7 for certain games that did not have built in test …

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

Posted on 2023-05-29, 03:15

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There is no mistake here! AT7/KT333 wins by a large margin and that margin increases as the resolution increases! Geforce 7800gs is limited by the CPu in all 3 systems, but KT333 system manages to feed the video card faster with data than the newer KT400 and KT400A systems! All tests repeated 3 …

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

Posted on 2023-05-29, 03:10

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And finally KT400A based system with the KD7A motherboard at 1024,1280,1600:

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

Posted on 2023-05-29, 03:05

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Second is AT7-MAX 2 based system at the same 3 resolutions:

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

Posted on 2023-05-29, 02:53

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We arrived to the final benchmark: Doom 3 ! This game is very demanding on the video card so I disabled AA because Geforce 7800gs is too weak to run this game with antialising; the rest of the settings are all maxed out! Test has been run 3 times and the first 2 results have been discarded! First is …

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

Posted on 2023-05-28, 18:03

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You put a lot of effort in your tests, nice to read with your vast enthousiasm. Thank you very much! I want all of these benches to mean something: people will choose a specific board with a specific chipset because they see these results and know beforehand what is best and what they should be …

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

Posted on 2023-05-28, 17:31

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And finally the system with KD7A motherboard based on VIA KT400A: Resolution 1024*768 Min--- Max--- Avg 29--- 61--- 44.45 Resolution 1280*1024 Min--- Max--- Avg 24--- 58--- 43.717 Resolution 1600*1200 Min--- Max--- Avg 32--- 55--- 42.8

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

Posted on 2023-05-28, 17:00

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Now it's the turn of AT7-MAX 2 with VIA KT400: Resolution 1024*768 Min--- Max--- Avg 30--- 57--- 41.65 Resolution 1280*1024 Min--- Max--- Avg 32--- 54--- 41.25 Resolution 1600*1200 Min--- Max--- Avg 31--- 50--- 40.217 Again results are very close despite the increase in pixel density!

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

Posted on 2023-05-28, 16:19

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The next game tested is Half Life 2! One of the best games, very optimized, it requires a good balance between CPU, RAM, GPU. All settings are Maxed out! Because Harwdare OC benchmark tool does not work with the original version of the game I tested with Fraps 3.4.7 a 60 second sequence in the …

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

Posted on 2023-05-28, 16:11

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Again the differences are small; there is no clear winner! By now the trend should be obvious: today with powerful CPU/GPU combinations the performance advantage by each successive chipset from VIA is very small.

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

Posted on 2023-05-28, 16:06

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Third is the KD7A with VIA KT400A: The benchmark started at 18.04.2023 16:48:36 System Information Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP System memory: 2,0 GB CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+ CPU speed: 2100 MHz Sound system: : Vinyl AC'97 Audio (WAVE) VGA Information Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 …

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