FIRST LOOK: Asus P5AD2-E - 1066FSB & DDR2-711
by Wesley Fink on November 29, 2004 12:01 AM EST- Posted in
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Performance Tests
DirectX 9 Gaming
If you refer to test results in the 925XE launch review, you will see that an apples to apples comparison at 3.2GHz (3.2EE/800 to 3.2EE/1066) showed virtually no difference in test results. This is a caution not to jump to conclusions about performance of the 3.46EE compared to the 3.6E in some benchmarks. The performance differences are the result of the larger cache on the 3.46EE and not the higher FSB.
As we have seen so often recently, the AMD Athlon 64 dominates DirectX 9 gaming. However, comparing the Intel boards, the Asus P5AD2-E is consistently the fastest board in almost every DX9 benchmark - edging out the Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE in most benchmarks.
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bob661 - Monday, November 29, 2004 - link
#3Fiiiiiiirrrrreeeeeee!!!!
carl0ski - Monday, November 29, 2004 - link
who knows why anyone will buy a state of the art product for $1000but people do.
at this stage though i would rather spend $300 on a comparable AMD. then the Intel product benched.
or my pet project
intel pentium 75 MHZ on a Asus Super socket 7 board overclock setting of upto 133mhz
and a stick of pc133 ram
i wonder what would happen
MAME - Monday, November 29, 2004 - link
#1: Although you're obviously biased, AMD does hold a certain advantage over Intel in the gaming field.Beenthere - Monday, November 29, 2004 - link
Someone would HAVE to be a damn fool to buy Intel products at this point in the game... especially a $1000 piece of crap that gets blown away by a $140 A64 3000+ CPU. If someone is that dumb, send me all of you're money and I'll send you an A64 system with a ignorant "Intel Inside" sticker on the case and you'll think you have the faster Pig 4 on the face of the Earth!