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Due to severe time restrictions ( I only had 4 hours to play
with the CPU's ) , as I promised to have the CPU's back this
afternoon ( MSY only had 2 each of the CPU's ) so dont expect to
much ok . I had time to Benchmark the CPU's at stock speed and do
some overclocking . To start with just let me say that the rubber
pads on both CPU's were a little on the stiff side , which meant
that unless you had a lot of tension on your clip , the heatsink
would not have good contact ( if any ) on the cpu. So if you have
purchased a XP lately , and its running hot , it could be the rubber
pads OK.
SYSTEM SPECS:
EPOX 8K3A , MAXTOR ATA133 7200RPM , GF2ti , SOUNDBLASTER LIVE VALUE
, 50X CD-ROM , 32X8X4 CD-RW , 256MB SAMSUNG RAM , WIN98SE , DIRECT X
8.1, ARKUA 628 .
XP2000 (1666mhz)
AGOIA
This cpu showed some serious
overclocking possibilities , but first lets check out the stock
Benchmarks . Sisoft Sandra
2002 CPU Arithmatic Benchmark :
Dhrystone ALU
4617Mips
Whetstone FPU
2313 Mflops
Sisoft Sandra
2002 Multi-Media Benchmark :
Integer aEMMX/aSSE 9157 it/s
Floating-Point aSSE 10557 it/s
3Dmark2001 =
5148 3Dmarks
The 3Dmark 2001 score is not so outstanding , as my
GF2ti has maxed out and become the performance bottle neck in my
system , people with faster cards should see a nice increase in
there scores . ( xp 1700 @ 1577mhz = 5088 3Dmarks )
OVERCLOCKING :
Since this CPU was only on loan to me , the max
voltage Im going to play with is 1.9v . So starting with 1.75v lets
see how we go . 140mhz FSB ( 1750mhz )
Sisoft Sandra
2002 CPU Arithmatic Benchmark :
Dhrystone ALU
4866Mips
Whetstone FPU
2438Mflops
Sisoft Sandra
2002 Multi-Media Benchmark :
Integer aEMMX/aSSE 9653 it/s
Floating-Point aSSE 11132 it/s
Next I tried 145mhz FSB ( 1813mhz
) @ 1.75v , it failed to boot , so I set the voltage to 1.85v and
tried again :
Sisoft Sandra
2002 CPU Arithmatic Benchmark :
Dhrystone ALU
5044 Mips
Whetstone FPU
2527Mflops
Sisoft Sandra
2002 Multi-Media Benchmark :
Integer aEMMX/aSSE 10004 it/s
Floating-Point aSSE 11544 it/s
Time to try 150mhz FSB ( 1875mhz )
@ 1.85v , it failed to boot , so setting the voltage to 1.9v I tried
again : Had to back of my ram from Turbo to fastest here .
Sisoft Sandra
2002 CPU Arithmatic Benchmark :
Dhrystone ALU
5217 Mips
Whetstone FPU
2614 Mflops
Remember those
stiff rubber pads , stopping really good heatsink contact , well
with my MB set to shut down at a cpu temp of 60deg C , it shut down
during the Multi-Media Benchmark . So rather than taking a chance
with the CPU I stopped here , but I think that this particular CPU
could have done a lot better and may very well have seen the other
side of 1.9ghz with the rubber pads removed . So if you would like
to buy this cpu ( go to MSY and check out the only 2 XP2000 they
have , as I ticked the one tested , it will be easy to find ) . If
this cpu wasnt priced at $320 MSY's last price on the XP2000 ,
and had been somewhat cheaper , I may have purchased it myself , but
its still a lot of CPU for the money .
XP2001 (
1733mhz ) AGOIA
Same again , starting with stock
benchmarks :
Sisoft Sandra
2002 CPU Arithmatic Benchmark :
Dhrystone ALU
4800 Mips
Whetstone FPU
2406 Mflops
Sisoft Sandra
2002 Multi-Media Benchmark :
Integer aEMMX/aSSE 9526 it/s
Floating-Point aSSE 10993 it/s
3Dmark2001 =
5151 3Dmarks
The Sisoft Sandra scores are up ,
but the 3Dmark2001 score is hardly worth posting , the GF2ti is a
serious bottle neck to any performance increase on the graphics side
of things . Now lets see how the Cpu overclocks :
OVERCLOCKING :
Starting at 140mhz FSB ( 1820mhz ) @ 1.75v :
Sisoft Sandra
2002 CPU Arithmatic Benchmark :
Dhrystone ALU
5061 Mips
Whetstone FPU
2535 Mflops
Sisoft Sandra
2002 Multi-Media Benchmark :
Integer aEMMX/aSSE 10037 it/s
Floating-Point aSSE 11636 it/s
Next its 145mhz FSB ( 1885mhz ) @ 1.75v , failed
to boot so we next try 1.85v , again failed to boot , so up to 1.9v
we go.
Sisoft Sandra
2002 CPU Arithmatic Benchmark :
Dhrystone ALU
5245 Mips
Whetstone FPU
2628 Mflops
Again those nasty
rubber pads getting in the way of my fun , with the cpu hitting
60deg C my system shut down during the Multi-Media Benchmark , so
again with time running out , I had to leave things here . Again I
beleave that this CPU would have been capable of going to the other
side of 1.9ghz , without the rubber pads , and a serious
cooler in place .
CONCLUSION:
Taking all things
into consideration , the XP2100 rules , staying just ahead of the
XP2000 all the way , but if value for money maters to you the XP2000
would be my choice , esp if you are looking to overclock the cpu ,
the XP2000 showed some great potential for going to the other side
of 1.9ghz , and came very close to the XP2100 when overclocked .
Both CPU's would have done better if not for the rubber pads , and
if I'd been able to use a better cooler , but since the CPU's were
not mine to do with as I please , pushing them over 1.9ghz was out
of the question .
I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK MSY FOR MAKING THIS REVIEW POSSIBLE :
MATT KORHONEN
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