Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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Disappointing Intel chipset performance:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/chipsets/display/p4-fastest_10.html

Conclusion

I will now try to summarize. First of all, the new chipsets from Intel, although rich in new and exciting functions intended for a performance growth in the future (DDR2 SDRAM, PCI Express x16 graphics bus), are no better yet than their predecessors. Across a number of tests, the i865PE with DDR400 or DDR533 memory outperforms any of the new chipsets.

By the way, I also couldn’t see any significant advantages of the top-end i925X over the mainstream i915P. Although these products belong to different price sectors, and the i925X features certain memory controller optimizations, they both have a similar speed working with the same memory.


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Well, the first feeling the new chipsets from Intel provoke is that of disappointment. These chipsets cannot reach new performance peaks except when the application is actively using the graphics bus. Adding the yet-unsolved overclocking problems, the i925/i915 seem to have no performance advantages from the user’s point of view. Yes, sometimes they win a test but the overall impression is anyway bad. The rather low speed of the new Intel chipsets is somewhat compensated by such features as an improved IDE controller, high-quality sound, numerous USB ports and so on. They are of little consolation, though, especially considering that the i925/i915 family will be soon replaced with new and, hopefully, faster chipsets with support of the 1066MHz FSB, and then by the Glenwood/Lakeport family.