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| (Review by MS, October 14, 2001) |
Performance Continued
Content creation in form of animated scenes are important applications for professional users. The Caligari benchmark used here was designed for Intel and heavily relies on SSE instructions. For comparative purposes, the K6-2 400 runs the D3D benchmark at about 4 fps and the OpenGL benchark at some 0.5 fps whereas the Intel PIII 600 achieves a whopping 55 fps which is about the level of a 1200 MHz AMD Thunderbird. SSE instructions really matter here as we have shown in the Thunderbird vs. Palomino review, so how does the Athlon XP 1800+ hold its ground against the different P4 platforms?
Caligari TrueSpace 4.2 Public Bench Direct 3D
Average frame rates in the Direct3D benchmark. Without being able to take advantage of SSE instructions, the VIA KT266A reference board falls off the cliff. As soon as SSE is eabled on the AMD platform, the Athlon XP 1800+ trashes the Intel i850 platform, comes ahead of the VIA P4X266 and is only defeated by the SIS 645 reference board. The performance difference between the GA-7DX and the Shuttle AK31 is too close to be significant. All P4 scores at 2.0GHz
Caligari TrueSpace 4.2 Public Bench OpenGL
In the OpenGL environment, the tables are turned completely in favor of the Athlon XP. Surprisingly, the VIA reference board scores higher than any of the P4 platforms, suggesting that in this OpenGL benchmark SSE implementation is not the sole determining factor. Still, SSE certainly cannot be disregarded as evident from the scores of the GA-7DX and Shuttle AK31 that give each other a head to head race. All P4 Scores at 2.0 GHz
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