CPU History Tour (1999 - 2001)
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Second part of the CPU benchmark project. This time starting with early Pentium III and Athlon Classic and following the CPU development up to the end of 2001 when Pentium III-S, Pentium 4 and Athlon XP were the top.
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Pentium II, III, Celeron (Slot 1, Intel 440BX)
- Abit BE6 (i440BX)
- 2× 256 MB SDRAM (CL2-2-2-6)
- GeForce FX 5900 SP
- Creative Audigy SE
- Marvell Yukon 88E8003 PCI GLAN
- Samsung 80 GB, 7200 rpm, IDE
- Delta 460 W (DPS-460CB)
Dual Pentium III (2× Slot 1, Intel 440BX)
- Tyan Tiger 100 (i440BX)
- 2× 256 MB SDRAM (CL2-2-2-6)
- GeForce FX 5900 SP
- Creative Audigy SE
- Marvell Yukon 88E8003 PCI GLAN
- Samsung 80 GB, 7200 rpm, IDE
- Delta 460 W (DPS-460CB)
Dual Pentium III Xeon (2× Slot 2, Intel 840)
- SGI 550
- 768 MB RDRAM
- GeForce 6800 Ultra
- Creative Audigy SE
- Marvell Yukon 88E8003 PCI GLAN
- Seagate 18 GB, 10000 rpm, SCSI
- OEM SGI PSU
Pentium III, Celeron (Socket 370, Intel 815EP)
- Asus TUSL2 (i815EP)
- 2× 256 MB RDRAM
- GeForce 6800 Ultra
- Creative Audigy SE
- Marvell Yukon 88E8003 PCI GLAN
- WD 80 GB, 7200 rpm, IDE
- Delta 460 W (DPS-460CB)
Pentium 4 (Socket 423, Intel 850)
- Abit TH7 (i850)
- 4 × 256 MB RDRAM
- GeForce 6800 Ultra
- Creative Audigy SE
- Marvell Yukon 88E8003 PCI GLAN
- Seagate 160 GB, 7200 rpm, IDE
- Delta 460 W (DPS-460CB)
Pentium 4 (Socket 478, SiS 645DX)
- ECS P4S5A-DX+ (645DX)
- 2 × 256 MB SDRAM (CL2-2-2-5) ; 2 × 512 MB DDR (CL2-2-2-5)
- GeForce 6800 Ultra
- Creative Audigy SE
- Marvell Yukon 88E8003 PCI GLAN
- Samsung 80 GB, 7200 rpm, IDE
- Delta 460 W (DPS-460CB)
Athlon (Slot A, VIA KX133 / AMD 750)
- AOpen AK72 (KX133) / MSI K7 Pro (AMD 750)
- 2× 256 MB SDRAM (CL2-2-2-5/6)
- GeForce FX 5900 SP
- Creative Audigy SE
- Marvell Yukon 88E8003 PCI GLAN
- Samsung 80 GB, 7200 rpm, IDE
- Delta 460 W (DPS-460CB)
Athlon, Duron (Socket A, VIA KT133A)
- ENMIC 8TTX+ (KT133A)
- 2× 256 MB SDRAM (CL2-2-2-5)
- GeForce 6800 Ultra
- Creative Audigy SE
- Marvell Yukon 88E8003 PCI GLAN
- Samsung 80 GB, 7200 rpm, IDE
- Delta 460 W (DPS-460CB)
Athlon XP, Athlon, Duron (Socket A, VIA KT266A)
- Biostar M7VIW-D (KT266A)
- 2× 512 MB DDR (CL2-2-2-5)
- GeForce 6800 Ultra
- Creative Audigy SE
- Marvell Yukon 88E8003 PCI GLAN
- Samsung 80 GB, 7200 rpm, IDE
- Delta 460 W (DPS-460CB)
Dual Athlon XP, Duron (Socket A, AMD 760MPX)
- Tyan Tiger MPX (AMD 760 MPX)
- 1024 MB ECC Registered DDR (CL2-3-3-7)
- GeForce 7800 GS
- Creative Audigy SE
- Marvell Yukon 88E8003 PCI GLAN
- WD 80 GB, 7200 rpm, IDE
- Delta 460 W (DPS-460CB)
Operating system and drivers
- Windows XP SP3
- ForceWare 71.89 WHQL – GeForce FX 5900 SP, GeForce 6800 Ultra
- ForceWare 275.33 WHQL – GeForce 7800 GS