Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
The New Low Res(TM), 1280x1024, looks CPU limited here with not much difference between NV45 and the 6800U flavors. When we turn on AA/AF or increase the resolution (or both), NV45 pulls ahead. At best, we get a 7.5% performance increase for a little more than 8% clock speed increase over 6800 Ultra. That's definitely not too shabby.
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kherman - Monday, June 28, 2004 - link
How did this get eh NV45 label? Shouldn't this be the NV40p or sum'n?Minotaar - Monday, June 28, 2004 - link
Pentium Pro did NOT have on-package cache. Pentium Pro had On-DIE cache. Pentium 2 took a step backwards and had on-package cache (that huge ugly slot garbage, with the triple fans from OC co's like Glacier? The side two fans cooled cache chips on the side). It wasnt until Socket P3 that on-die cache came back.Thats why celeron happened the way it did. it started off as a p2 with none of the on-package cache. Remember the ol' celly 266 that OC'd to 450, and for some lucky ones 504? Well That was just the P2 card without the cache on the sides - the sides were empty.
Pentium Pro also had the advantage of clock speed cache, whereas P2's cache was bus speed. But I digress. The article has an inconsistancy.
Brucmack - Monday, June 28, 2004 - link
Well, you're not going to gain anything in the near future with PCIe, so if you already have an AGP card, don't bother.It would probably be a good idea to get a PCIe card if you're upgrading to the new Intel chipset though. The boards that have both PCIe and AGP slots are running the AGP slot off of the PCI bus, so there will be a slight performance penalty associated with that.
GhandiInstinct - Monday, June 28, 2004 - link
So is AGP8x faster or better than PCIe, because that's what I got from those earlier benchmarks. Or will drivers and optimizations change that in the future?Basically, is it worth while(money) to purchase PCIe now?