Soyo P4I875P Dragon 2 Platinum Edition

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Brian Kristensen
Kurtis
Soyo
Aug. 22, 2003

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Test Rig

Intel P4 2.4c Hyperthreading processor
2x Corsair PC3500 512MB in single and dual channel modes
Geforce 4 Ti4200 128MB
Sound Blaster Live!
200GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 (fresh format and install of WinXP)
LiteOn 16X DVD
420W Thermaltake PSU

3DMark01

Dragon 2 PE (Single Channel)

Dragon 2 PE (Dual Channel)

P4P800-VM (Single Channel)

P4P800-VM (Dual Channel)

10854

11098

10776

10950

Performance (Higher is Better)

15000

The scores are very close during 3DMark01, but the Dragon 2 PE is ahead of the game.

3DMark03

Dragon 2 PE (Single Channel)

Dragon 2 PE (Dual Channel)

P4P800-VM (Single Channel)

P4P800-VM (Dual Channel)

1464

1472

1462

1470

Performance (Higher is Better)

2000

Once again, the Dragon 2 PE takes a slight lead over the P4P800-VM.

Vulpine GLMark

Dragon 2 PE (Single Channel)

Dragon 2 PE (Dual Channel)

P4P800-VM (Single Channel)

P4P800-VM (Dual Channel)

82.8

82.9

82.6

82.8

Performance (Higher is Better)

100

The performance during Vupline GLMark testing is extremely close. The P4P800-VM's poor dual channel performance doesn't make much of a difference here.

I was suprised how poorly the P4P800-VM dual channel performance was, which was the same with the latest BIOS update. The memory's timings and clock speeds were the same on both boards.

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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Board Layout
Page 3: Features & Accessories
Page 4: BIOS
Page 5: Test Rig & Sandra CPU Benchmarks
Page 6: Sandra & Aida32 Memory Benchmarks
Page 7: ScienceMark & PCMark02 Benchmarks
Page 8: 3dMark01, 3DMark03, & GLMark Benchmarks
Page 9: Overclocking & Conclusion

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4 User Comments

1 - Posted by Kurtis on August 21, 2003 - 11:41 pm

feeding time is the best over @ Brian's house ;) ;)

2 - Posted by Rich on August 22, 2003 - 9:09 am

Who manufactures the Gigabit ethernet controller on that board?

3 - Posted by Brian on August 22, 2003 - 12:36 pm

Intel.

4 - Posted by Rich on August 22, 2003 - 12:48 pm

The reason I asked is because I have seen a lot of problems with Broadcom Gigabit controllers, especially with onboard Ethernet. Thanks for info :D

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