Test Setup
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 The VT8235 is famous for it's redesigned PCI bus, something that VIA have taken some punishment for in the past (and rightly so). No firm tests that I know of to prove it's any better than the old bus design but I didn't encounter any issues during testing despite using a Creative soundcard, the traditional adversary to stable running on a VIA chipset of days gona by. So onto the spec. • AMD Athlon XP2600+ 'Thoroughbred' @ 16.5 x 133MHz FSB (2.13GHz) • EPoX 8K5A2+, VIA KT333 Chipset (+ VT8235), Socket A AMD DDR Motherboard • MSI 645E Max2 LRU, SiS645DX Chipset, Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 DDR Motherboard • SOYO KT333 DRAGON Ultra, VIA KT333 Chipset, Socket A AMD DDR Motherboard • Intel Pentium 4 1.8A 'Northwood' @ 133MHz FSB (2.4GHz, 2.4B effective) • AMD Athlon XP2200+ @ 133MHz FSB (1.8GHz) • 2 x 256Mb Samsung PC2700 DDR Memory Modules (CAS2, 2-5-2) • 2 x 256Mb TwinMos PC2700 DDR Memory Modules (CAS2, 2-5-2) • MSI G4Ti4400-VTD (MS-8871) GeForce4 Ti4400 128MB • Adaptec 39160 PCI SCSI Dual Channel U160 controller • 18.3GB Seagate Cheetah X15 U160 15,000rpm SCSI disk • 2 x 73Gb Seagate Cheetah U160 10,000rpm SCSI disks • Plextor 12/10/32S SCSI CDRW • Pioneer 6x Slot-load SCSI DVD • Creative Soundblaster Audigy Player Retail • Windows XP Professional Build 2600.xpclient.010817-1148 • DetonatorXP 28.80 NVIDIA drivers • Aquamark v2.3 • Quake3 v1.30 • 3DMark 2001 Professional Second Edition • Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Demo • Comanche 4 Demo Benchmark • PiFast version 4.1, by Xavier Gourdon • LAME v3.91 MMX and RazorLame 1.1.5 front end |
