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VIA PT894 Chipset Reference Pentium 4 Motherboard Review

VIA PT894 Chipset Reference Pentium 4 Motherboard Review - PCSTATS

The VIA PT894 supports up to 20 PCI Express lanes, although there will be no SLI option.

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Filed under: Motherboards		Published:	Author:
External Mfg. Website: VIA		Feb 02 2005	C. Sun

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System Spec's and Benchmarks

PCStats Test System Specs:

processor:
intel pentium 4 3.2e

clock speed:
16 x 200 mhz = 3.2 ghz

motherboards:
gigabyte ga-8anxp-d (925x)*
msi 915p neo2 platinum (915p)*
dfi lanparty 875p-t (i875p)**
asrock 775v88 (pt880)**
via pt894 reference board (pt894)*

videocard:
msi rx800xt pe*
asus ax800xt/tvd **

memory:
2x 256mb samsung pc3700 (ddr2)
2x 256mb corsair twinx 3200ll

hard drive: 40gb western digital special ed

cdrom: aopen 52x combo drive

powersupply: seasonic supertornado 400w

software setup
windowsxp build 2600
intel inf 5.10.1012
via 4in1 4.55v
catalyst 4.12

workstation benchmarks
sysmark 2004
business winstone 2002
content creation 2002
winbench 99
sisoft sandra 2004
super pi
pcmark2002
pcmark04
3dmark2001se
aquamark3
comanche 4
x2: the threat
ut2003

* - msi rx800 videocard used ** - asus x800xt pe videocard used

SYSmark 2004 Source: Bapco

SYSmark 2004 is BAPCo's latest revision of the mainstream office productivity and Internet content creation benchmark used to characterize the performance of the business client. It is based on a foundation of extensive research into emerging usage models and computing trends and incorporates the latest benchmarking methodologies to evaluate platform technologies. SYSmark 2004 contains scientifically designed workloads that represent the range of activities that an office productivity or Internet content creation work may encounter. In addition to extensive validation across multiple platforms, users can be sure of a consistent and reliable performance comparison.

SysMark 2004

Overall: Points Ranking

Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/400) 209

MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/400) 207

DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400) 206

ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 202

VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400) 189

Internet Overall: Points Ranking

Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/400) 219

MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/400) 217

DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400) 219

ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 213

VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400) 204

3D Creation: Points Ranking

Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/400) 210

MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/400) 208

DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400) 210

ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 206

VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400) 203

2D Creation: Points Ranking

Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/400) 261

MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/400) 260

DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400) 261

ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 248

VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400) 225

Web Publication Points Ranking

Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/400) 192

MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/400) 192

DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400) 192

ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 188

VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400) 186

Office Overall: Points Ranking

Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/400) 193

MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/400) 193

DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400) 193

ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 191

VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400) 176

Communication: Points Ranking

Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/400) 184

MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/400) 182

DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400) 184

ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 189

VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400) 175

Document Creation: Points Ranking

Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/400) 204

MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/400) 204

DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400) 204

ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 198

VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400) 187

Data Analysis: Points Ranking

Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/400) 193

MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/400) 195

DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400) 193

ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 186

VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400) 167

We're a bit surprised to see the VIA PT894 lag behind the other motherboards. VIA traditionally has had driver problems with new hardware, I'm sure newer drivers will sort this issue out.

Contents of Article: VIA PT894
Pg 1. VIA PT894 Chipset Reference Pentium 4 Motherboard Review Pg 2. Look, it's the VIA PT894! Pg 3. — System Spec's and Benchmarks Pg 4. Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Winbench 99, SiSoft Sandra Pg 5. Benchmarks: Super Pi, PCMark04, 3DMark2001 Pg 6. Benchmarks: AquaMark03, Comanche 4, X2: The Threat Pg 7. Benchmarks: UT2003, UT2004, Doom 3 Pg 8. Potential in the PT894!

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