Article: Intel® Desktop Board D945GTP Review (Mature for Business Segment)
Now, onto the second run with system with Dual Core and dedicated discrete graphics. This way, we can see how the system will perform with a more balanced system for gaming.
Intel® Pentium® D 820ES (2.8GHz/2x1MB/800MHz)
- Processor: Intel® Pentium® D 820
- Motherboard: Intel® Desktop Board D945GTP
- Memory: 1024MB Nanya DDR2-533 (2x512MB CL4-4-4-12)
- Hard Disk: 2x Seagate 80GB 7200rpm SATA RAID 0
- Video Card: Powercolor X800, 256MB
- Optical Drive: LD DVD Drive
- Floppy Drive: Generic
- Chassis: Mars 722 Orbit
- Power Supply: WinHec 550W
- Operating System: Windows XP SP2
PCMark02
PCMark04
PCMark05
Sandra-CPU
Sandra-Multimedia
Sandra-RAM Bandwidth
Sandra-File Access
::3D Test::
3DMark01SE
3DMark03
3DMark05
3DMark06
As can be seen on the benchmarks, the board quickly shows its prowess when used with discrete graphics card. Where it used to lag behind in Sandra RAM bandwidth test during the use of integrated graphics, the system now shows a respectable bandwidth. PCMark performance also went up significantly, and proves that this baby can really do wonders when partnered with a Dual Core system.
