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07/21/2000
(Onboard Video vs. AGP Video)
page 8 of 10
The 815E is a very flexible chipset. Unlike the Intel 810E chipset, which only comes with the onboard Intel Direct AGP, the 815E gives us the option of either using the onboard video or adding an AGP video card. In this section, we will examine the performance difference between the onboard video and a highend AGP video card (in this case, the nVidia GeForce 256 SDR 32MB). Note, the optional 4MB AIMM display cache for the onboard video was NOT used. The processor used for all the tests is the Pentium III/1GHz; same memory and hard drive configuration as the previous tests.
The
chart above shows the performance difference when we test the system under Winstone 99 Business and Content
Creation 2000, both under 98SE. As expected, the AGP video outperforms the onboard video, but only by slight
amount for Content Creation 2000. This is due to the fact that both tests are primarily 2D in nature, not excercising the 3D portion of the video card. And please note that these two tests are focused on overall
system performance.
The
chart above shows the performance results for 3D Mark 2000 and Winbench 99 Highend GraphicsMarks, both under
98SE again. This time, we see a huge difference (five times as much) between the onboard and AGP video for the 3D Mark 2000 test.
This is expected, because the 3D Mark 2000 test heavily stresses 3D functions. And for the Highend GraphicsMarks test,
the AGP video is almost twice as fast as the onboard video. Unlike the previous two tests, these tests focus
solely on video performance.
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