Really nice 2.4B/2.4C/865PE/875P/nForce2/2500+ Comparison...

[oldfart]

Very nice work being done by Zroc over @ [ H ] forums. He has done a lot if nice work in the past. Tons of benches. Defiantly worth a read.
Read it here
This was interesting on the 1:1/5:4/3:2 ratios:

Wow. I found this one really interesting...and breaking it out into percentages really made it hit home. The first percentage row shows the individual differences on each benchmark when dropping from 1:1 to 5:4. The Composite figure is simply those seven percentages divided by seven.
That's right, folks...the drop from 1:1 to 5:4 is an average of 2%. Overclockers everywhere should be smiling about right now.
In the third score column, I dropped to 3:2, and the following percentage columns are the percentage drop of 3:2 from 1:1 and 5:4, respectively.
3:2 is a 4.91% drop from 1:1. And 3:2 is a 2.85% drop from 5:4.
This whole chart actually shocked me...but in a good (GREAT) way. I was expecting MUCH greater hits. I'm SO glad to be wrong on that one
Good, good stuff...let's roll on...

 

[SupermanCK]

very nice review...very informative...bump

 

[DAPUNISHER]

That was a definitive evaluation :Q I'll have to start lurking over there :beer:

 

[wicktron]

Zroc is more thorough than most site hardware reviewers. And plus, you don't run into the risk of him getting hand picked parts since he gets em with the money from his pocket. Zroc has been the man for quite a while, although I thought he got banned from the HardOCP a long time ago due to a debacle regarding HardOCP's P4 3.06 review. He also frequents the Xtremesystems forums.

 

[Duvie]

Wow that was a good read!!!! A little too much gaming for my blood...I would like to see CADD, Multimedia, and some Business Apps....I guess that will tend to be skewed more for Intel p4 but that is what I do....I don't play games period on my system beyond good old flight sim every once in awhile...

 

[Budman]

Overclockers everywhere should be smiling about right now.

 

[CraigRT]

awesome.. that's pretty cool
i am a member there but i barely ever post..

 

[jhites]

Round 2...grab a brew, cuz there's a ton of stuff to check out here

Zroc's not kidding with his first statement.
Great read - Thanks for the link to a winning study guide.

 

[Jeff7181]

I wish I had the resources (mainly money) to test so many componants in such a thorough manner.

 

[ElFenix]

damn, check out those 200MHz FSB amd scores!

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
damn, check out those 200MHz FSB amd scores!

I'm wondering why he stopped at 200... mine's at 221 and perfectly stable... hopefully soon I'll be getting RAM that can run in sync with it... then I'll post some benchmarks again.

 

[oldfart]

Amazing that some guy posting on a forum can do more than most HW review sites! Very nice work there.

 

[Deskstar]

Very helpful; and very nice of him to post for all of us to benefit from his hard work.