bit-tech.net | ABIT AW8-MAX & Gigabyte GA-81955X

lepre 2nd August 2005, 12:39

i liked 'low quality benchmarks', because not everyone matter of details.

strange doom3 between 640x480 LQ and 1280x1024 HQ changes only 20fps

Tim S 2nd August 2005, 13:10

It just shows up the difference between Intel and AMD-based CPU's. AMD are very strong in low-detail CPU-intensive gaming benchmarks. :)

Da Dego 2nd August 2005, 16:38

Great job on the article, Bindi! Truly enjoyable read.

I keep looking at these Intel dual cores, because they're so much cheaper than the AMD. Dumb question, though...do each one of the cores then come with hyperthreading?

Tim S 2nd August 2005, 16:51

Only the Pentium Extreme Edition 840 has Hyperthreading (four logical cores), the Pentium D's only have two 'physical' cores. No Hyperthreading support.

Da Dego 2nd August 2005, 17:01

Hmmm...damn. That makes for one expensive arsed piece of hardware, since it's $1000.

Kipman725 2nd August 2005, 19:10

also with a 120w prescot water cooling is almost mandatory :P

Bindibadgi 2nd August 2005, 19:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kipman725
also with a 120w prescot water cooling is almost mandatory :P

Not really, all the overclocking i do in reviews (to 4.5Gs) is under aircooling.

Tim S 2nd August 2005, 19:31

stock intel reference air cooling at that, too. ;)

RotoSequence 2nd August 2005, 19:53

Technically AMD also released the X2 3800+ recently, which competes rather well with the 830s; if your budget calls for an 820 though, its probably the better option. You sure that 3.73 EE isnt cherry picked? ;)

JonComputes 27th August 2005, 02:24

As for free-be's in the box, while the specs were mentioned in the review, it was never mentioned that the AW8-Max has SPDIF IN and OUT, while Gigabyte just has the SPDIF OUT. That's a free-be in the AW8 column, if you ask me. I haven't used the AW-8, but if there is reasonable software support for the IN, it could be handy outside of gaming.

Bindibadgi 27th August 2005, 10:18

The AW8 has optical S/PDIF in and out on the SoundMAX daughter board. It's not really a free-be so to speak, imo.

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