Intel's New Family of 800 MHz FSB Processors

Review by Michael Tran on 6.05.03
Managing Editor: Harry Lam
CPU Provided by Intel

Performance:

Setup:

General Setup of the Bench -	Setup at a Different Angle -	CPU cooled by Volcano 7+

Hardware:

AOpen AX4SG Max Motherboard (Provided by AOpen)
Inno3D Tornado GeForce FX 5600 (Provide by InnoVision)
2 x 256 MB Corsair XMS PC3200 CAS2 DDR RAM
Western Digital Special Edition 120GB Hard Drive
Lite-On 52x24x52 CD-RW
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1

Programs Used:

SiSoft Sandra 2003 (9.44)
Futuremark 3DMark 2001 SE (Build 330)
Futuremark 3DMark 2003 (Build 330)
Comanche 4 Demo
Jedi Knight 2
Unreal Tournament 2003
 

Benchmark Results:

CPU Speed Tests:

SiSoft Sandra 2003 (9.44) CPU Arithmetic:

As one can see, there is a uniform increase as the frequency of the CPU is increased, but does the actual upgrade match the theoretical increase?  From the above data table, the actual results are pretty close to our theoretical increases in performance (and in some instances, they exceed the theoretical values).  This synthetic test reflects the raw processing power of the CPUs.  Since this test only measures one aspect of overall performance (i.e. the total number crunching power of the CPU), these linear results are not mirrored in real-world tests.

SiSoft Sandra 2003 (9.44) CPU Multimedia:

This benchmark also tests a similar aspect of raw CPU power.  Again, the results show that the actual percentage closely matches the theoretical percentage (as this test again focuses solely on number crunching speed)..