Intel announces DDR333 Chipsets: 3-way 845PE shootout

High-End Workstation Performance (continued...)

High End Workstation Performance SPEC Viewperf 7.0 - LIGHT-05 ASUS P4T533-C (850E-PC1066) Gigabyte 8SG667 (SiS 648-DDR400) Gigabyte 8SG667 (SiS 648-DDR333) ASUS P4GE-V (845GE-DDR333) Gigabyte 8PE667 Ultra (845PE-DDR333) ASUS P4PE (845PE-DDR333) Intel D845PEBT2 (845PE-DDR333) Albatron PX845PEV Pro (845PE-DDR333) ASUS P4B533-V (845G-DDR333) ASUS P4B533-E (845E-DDR266) 10.78 10.69 10.48 9.943 9.937 9.934 9.901 9.893 9.823 9.678 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 13

High End Workstation Performance SPEC Viewperf 7.0 - ProE-01 ASUS P4T533-C (850E-PC1066) Gigabyte 8SG667 (SiS 648-DDR400) ASUS P4GE-V (845GE-DDR333) Intel D845PEBT2 (845PE-DDR333) ASUS P4PE (845PE-DDR333) Albatron PX845PEV Pro (845PE-DDR333) Gigabyte 8PE667 Ultra (845PE-DDR333) ASUS P4B533-V (845G-DDR333) Gigabyte 8SG667 (SiS 648-DDR333) ASUS P4B533-E (845E-DDR266) 9.199 7.983 7.947 7.940 7.939 7.935 7.925 7.881 7.515 7.323 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11

High End Workstation Performance SPEC Viewperf 7.0 - UGS-01 ASUS P4T533-C (850E-PC1066) ASUS P4GE-V (845GE-DDR333) ASUS P4PE (845PE-DDR333) Albatron PX845PEV Pro (845PE-DDR333) Gigabyte 8SG667 (SiS 648-DDR400) Gigabyte 8PE667 Ultra (845PE-DDR333) Intel D845PEBT2 (845PE-DDR333) Gigabyte 8SG667 (SiS 648-DDR333) ASUS P4B533-V (845G-DDR333) ASUS P4B533-E (845E-DDR266) 3.636 3.597 3.596 3.595 3.590 3.589 3.578 3.550 3.522 3.434 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4

Now that we've seen all the benchmarks, we can safely conclude that the 845PE and 845GE combined with DDR333 memory are more or less a couple percent faster than the 845G with DDR333 memory. The SiS 648 with DDR333 memory is more or less equal to 845PE and 845GE. With DDR400 memory, the SiS 648 takes a tiny lead over the 845PE and 845GE.

After seeing these benchmarks, you'd be hard pressed not to realize that the RDRAM PC1066-based 850E is still the fastest Pentium 4 solution on the market. We'll see if upcoming dual DDR motherboards can dethrone Rambus.