In an attempt to compare Personal Computer (PC) technology from November of 1998, when the Sega Dreamcast launched in Japan, through March 2000, when the Playstation 2 (PS2) launched in Japan, 3DMark 2000 and 2001 results will be posted in a multi-part comparison feature. The test PC specifications are as follows:
Lifespan: | 1998-2002 (P2B), 1999-2002 (P3B-F)3 |
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CPUs Tested: | Slot 1: Celeron 300A, PIII 500, PIII 800E (P3B Only) |
CPU Cache: | 300A: 32KB L1, 128KB L2 PIII 500: 32KB L1, 512KB L2 PIII 800E: 32KB L1, 256KB L2 |
Co-Processors: | BIOS: Award Modular 4.51PG (P2B) & Award Medallion 6.0 Revision 1008 Beta 004 (P3B-F) Intel 82440BX ISA/PCI/AGP Set: 100Mhz Front Side Bus (FSB) North Bridge:
Intel 82443BX
South Bridge:
Intel 82371EB PIIX4E IDE Controller:
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE PCI Add-Ons: Promise Ultra133 TX2 IDE
3Com EtherLink ISA Add-Ons:
Creative SoundBlaster Awe64
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Video Cards Tested: | AGP/PCI: Matrox Mystique 220 8MB, Matrox M3D 4MB PowerVR PCX2, Diamond Monster 3D Voodoo 4MB, Nvidia Riva TNT 16MB, 3dfx Voodoo 3 3500 16MB, Diamond ViperV770 TNT2 Ultra 32MB, Geforce 256 32MB, GeForce2 MX/400 32MB, Hercules 3D Prophet 64MB, Ati Radeon 7500 64MB |
Test Resolutions: | 640x480, 1024x768 |
RAM: | 256MB P2B, 320MB P3B-F PC100 |
RAM FSB Bandwidth: | 64-bit, 800MB/s |
Video RAM: | 8MB-64MB |
Video RAM Bandwidth: | |
Audio RAM: | 8KB |
Colors On Screen: | VGA 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit RGB |
Storage: | Floppy Drive: GENERIC NEC Disk Drive: MAXTOR 6 L080L4 (80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133) 4 Optical Drives: NEC NR-7900A (24x/10x/40x CD-RW) LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163 (16x/48x DVD-ROM) |
Lifespan: | 1999-2000 5 |
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CPUs Tested: | Slot 1: PIII 500 |
CPU Cache: | PIII 500: 32KB L1, 512KB L2 |
Co-Processors: | BIOS: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0 4W4SB0X0.15A.0012.P07 Intel 82440BX ISA/PCI/AGP Set: 100Mhz Front Side Bus (FSB) North Bridge:
Intel 82443BX
South Bridge:
Intel 82371EB PIIX4E On Board Audio:
Ensoniq Tabor2 PCI Add-Ons: Promise Ultra133 IDE
Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet ISA Add-Ons:
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Video Cards Tested: | AGP/PCI: Matrox Mystique 220 8MB PCI Nvidia Riva TNT 16MB 3dfx Voodoo 3 16MB Diamond ViperV770 TNT2 Ultra 32MB Nvidia GeForce 2 MX/400 32MB Ati Radeon 7500 64MB |
Test Resolutions: | 640x480, 1024x768 |
RAM: | 256MB PC133 @ 100Mhz 1 256MB SDRAM DIMM |
RAM FSB Bandwidth: | 64-bit, 800MB/s |
Video RAM: | 8MB-64MB |
Video RAM Bandwidth: | |
Audio RAM: | 64 KB |
Colors On Screen: | VGA 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit RGB |
Storage: | Floppy Drive: GENERIC NEC Disk Drives: WDC AC31 3500D (13.4 GB, 5400 RPM, EIDE) 6 WDC WD10 2AA (10.2 GB, 5400 RPM, EIDE) 7 Optical Drive: HP CD-Writer+ 9300 (10x/4x/24x CD-RW)
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Here are some videos of PC benchmarks from '98-'99 hardware. They were recorded in an ongoing process to document all of the hardware, and their respective performance, owned locally. Eventually this may result in a comprehensive video comparison or each CPU and Graphics card that has been archived here, along with a comparison when applicable to Console ports of the same games.