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To: milo_morai who wrote (126980)	10/29/2000 10:32:27 PM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 1570196

Right out the gate, the 760/DDR system impresses, with a 14% gain over the Via KT133 system. Both of the conventional SDRAM systems are simply outclassed by the DDR system in this test. This strong showing also speaks well of the 760 chipset's all-around competence, since Content Creation Winstone will stress disk I/O performance and the like, as well. .... ...Look at the hi-poly, one light test. The 760/DDR rig pumps through 30% more triangles than the KT133 system. Things even out on the next two tests, but in this one instance, we catch a glimpse of the 760's potential. By combining double the system memory bandwidth with a decent AGP 4X implementation and a 266MHz front-side bus, the 760's peak performance is appreciably higher than current systems. Now let's look at the texture rendering tests.... The verdict Barring any catastrophic problems that our testing didn't uncover, the 760 chipset looks like a sure-fire winner. The system we tested, with its 1.2GHz Athlon, PC2100 DDR memory, and 266MHz front-side bus was an absolute screamer—the fastest system we've ever seen, and quite likely more than a handful for Intel's coming 1.5GHz Pentium 4. If AMD and company can deliver motherboards based on the 760 at competitive prices and DDR DIMMs really are relatively cheap, recommending a 760 motherboard with DDR memory to upgraders or new system buyers will be a no-brainer. In certain scenarios, when memory bandwidth is the primary system bottleneck, DDR memory offers substantial performance gains—as high as 25 or 30%—with no notable drawbacks tech-report.com