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Review: Intel P4 3.46EE CPU
and 925XE Chipset
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Benchmark
Scores
The Comanche
4 benchmarking demo was
run with texture compression and hardware shaders enabled
and sound disabled.
A piece
of software that has traditionally scaled very closely with
CPU speed, the C4 demo gives the P4 3.46 and 925XE chipset
almost 10% across the tested resolutions, barely cracking
the 80 fps barrier at 640x480. This score makes the new processor
the second CPU tested by SimHQ to reach a score of 80 (the
first being the Athlon 64 FX-55).
Lock
On: Modern Air Combat
was tested using the first three minutes of the MiG-29 Intercept
demo. The in-game graphics default setting of low was used
to see if the two systems would display any performance differences.
LOMAC
gives the new Intel setup a very slight edge, but nothing
that would be discernible during actual gameplay. For a flight
simulation, Lock On has certainly proven itself very dependent
on the installed graphics board for good frame rates.
IL-2:
Sturmovik Forgotten Battles - Aces Expansion Pack
was tested in OpenGL and with all video options set to medium
(normal for Objects detail) using the Black Death track.
Of all
the games tested for this review, IL-2: FB AEP showed the
most appreciation for the 925XE’s faster front side bus,
giving an almost 20% increase at 640x480 over the P4 3.4-based
test system. The advantage does lessen slightly as the resolution
increases, but the new setup still commanded a solid 15% lead
at 1600x1200. Fans of the IL-2 series considering a Pentium
4 upgrade in their future should definitely take note of the
925XE’s performance advantage.
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