Thursday, May 12, 2005
As my current article's initial draft is pending approval on its review, I have decided to begin another benchmarking article...
...this time a true hardware review.
A good buddy of mine has a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 w/512MB DDR400 RAM, Intel i865PERL mobo, Western Digital 1200JB HDD, and a Radeon 9000 Pro All-in-Wonder.
His CPU is upgrading to a 3.2GHz (Prescott) Pentium 4.
His RAM will be replaced by 2x512MB Corsair 2-3-2-6 DDR400.
His HDD will be replaced by a 74GB Raptor.
His GPU will be replaced by a X800XT All-in-Wonder.
...a pretty stiff upgrade to say the least! Just the processor boost alone is impressive. Bootup/shutdown times were surprisingly quick, as well as apps opening/closing - very impressive.
This saddens me as his rig simply annihilates mine: however, I also have to decide what benchmarks to use. Benchmarking is quite laborious and collecting the data takes as long as analyzing the data. It's surprisingly-difficult to analyze data and verbalize (in written form - if that makes sense) exactly what you hope to say.
Anyways, he's going out of town for the weekend and I will have free reign over his rig for performance comparisons. The article will take 1-2 weeks just to draft, I'm sure so nobody get their hopes up.
This Journal Entry, as any other Journal Entry in bhame's world is not sanctioned by MPCEH or MPCEU.
...this time a true hardware review.
A good buddy of mine has a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 w/512MB DDR400 RAM, Intel i865PERL mobo, Western Digital 1200JB HDD, and a Radeon 9000 Pro All-in-Wonder.
His CPU is upgrading to a 3.2GHz (Prescott) Pentium 4.
His RAM will be replaced by 2x512MB Corsair 2-3-2-6 DDR400.
His HDD will be replaced by a 74GB Raptor.
His GPU will be replaced by a X800XT All-in-Wonder.
...a pretty stiff upgrade to say the least! Just the processor boost alone is impressive. Bootup/shutdown times were surprisingly quick, as well as apps opening/closing - very impressive.
This saddens me as his rig simply annihilates mine: however, I also have to decide what benchmarks to use. Benchmarking is quite laborious and collecting the data takes as long as analyzing the data. It's surprisingly-difficult to analyze data and verbalize (in written form - if that makes sense) exactly what you hope to say.
Anyways, he's going out of town for the weekend and I will have free reign over his rig for performance comparisons. The article will take 1-2 weeks just to draft, I'm sure so nobody get their hopes up.
This Journal Entry, as any other Journal Entry in bhame's world is not sanctioned by MPCEH or MPCEU.
