Asus v9560: ASUS V9560 Video Suite — VGA Card Buyer’s Guide 07/2003

Asus GeForce FX5600 128MB, V9560 Video Suite — Kenmerken

Asus GeForce FX5600 128MB, V9560 Video Suite — Kenmerken — Tweakers

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Populaire specificaties
Videochip Videochip De videochip of videokaart is verantwoordelijk voor het produceren van het beeldsignaal. Een snelle chip zorgt ervoor dat je complexere beelden kunt tonen zonder stotterende weergave.	GeForce FX 5600
Videochip generatie	GeForce (overig)
Videochip merk	Nvidia
Videogeheugen Videogeheugen Het werkgeheugen/VRAM (Video random-access memory) is de opslagplaats van de videokaart. Bij meer geheugen presteert de videokaart beter tijdens grafische werkzaamheden of gamen. Dit kan ook belangrijk zijn bij hogere beeldresoluties, want hoe hoger de resolutie, des te meer pixels er in beeld zijn.	128MB
Card Interface (Video) Card Interface (Video) Het type interface waarmee je de kaart aansluit op het moederbord.	AGP 8x
Externe videokaart	Nee

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Videochip
Videochip Videochip De videochip of videokaart is verantwoordelijk voor het produceren van het beeldsignaal. Een snelle chip zorgt ervoor dat je complexere beelden kunt tonen zonder stotterende weergave.	GeForce FX 5600
Videochip generatie	GeForce (overig)
Videochip merk	Nvidia

Geheugen
Videogeheugen Videogeheugen Het werkgeheugen/VRAM (Video random-access memory) is de opslagplaats van de videokaart. Bij meer geheugen presteert de videokaart beter tijdens grafische werkzaamheden of gamen. Dit kan ook belangrijk zijn bij hogere beeldresoluties, want hoe hoger de resolutie, des te meer pixels er in beeld zijn.	128MB

Interfaces
Card Interface (Video) Card Interface (Video) Het type interface waarmee je de kaart aansluit op het moederbord.	AGP 8x
Externe videokaart	Nee
Video uit	VGA (D-Sub)

Voeding
Aantal 6 pins connectors	0x
Aantal 8 pins connectors	0x
Aantal 12 pins connectors	0x
Totaal stroomconnectors Totaal stroomconnectors Het totale aantal stroomconnectors op de videokaart	0x

Koeling en verlichting
Type koeling	Actieve fan
LED verlichting	Nee

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CPU Support List

Processor

AMD Athlon 64 3700+

AMD Athlon 64 3400+

AMD Athlon 64 3200+

AMD Athlon 64 3000+

 

RAM Support List

Brand	Size (MB)	Speed (Frequency)	References (Chipset)
A-Data	512MB	PC3200	ADD8608A8A-5B
A-Data	256MB	PC3600	ADD8608A8A-4—(450)
Apacer	512MB	PC3200	K4H560838D-TCC4
Apacer	512MB	PC2700	HYB25D256800BT-6
Apacer	512MB	PC2700	K4H560838D-TCB3
Apacer	512MB	PC2100	Nanya NT5DS32M8AT-7K
Apacer	256MB	PC2100	Nanya NT5DS16M8AT-7K
Apacer	256MB	PC2100	Samsung K4h380838B-TCB0
Corsair	512MB	PC3700	Winbond CMX512—(466)
Corsair	256MB	PC3700	Winbond CMX256A—(466)
Corsair	256MB	PC3200	Winbond W942508CH-5
Corsair	256MB	PC2100	Samsung K4h380838B-TCB0
Crucial	256MB	PC2100	Micron MT46V16M8TG-75A
Kingmax	512MB	PC3200	KDL388P4EA-60
Kingmax	512MB	PC2700	KDL388P4EA-60
Kingmax	256MB	PC3200	KDL388P4EA-60
Kingmax	256MB	PC2700	KDL684T4AA-60
Kingston	512MB	PC3200	W942508BH-5
Kingston	512MB	PC2700	D328DM-60
Kingston	256MB	PC3200	V58C2256804SAT5
Kingston	1GB	PC3200	Samsung K4H510838B-TCCC
Micron	256MB	PC2100	Micron MT46V16M8TG-75A
Micron	128MB	PC2700	Micron MT46V16M8TG-6
Micron	128MB	PC2100	Micron MT46V16M8TG-75A
Nanya	128MB	PC2100	NANYA NT5DS16M8AT-7K
Transcend	512MB	PC3200	W942508BH-5
Transcend	512MB	PC2700	K4H56608380-TCB3
Transcend	256MB	PC3200	HY5DU56822BT-D43
TwinMOS	512MB	PC3700	TMD7608F8E43B
TwinMOS	512MB	PC2700	TMD7608F8E60B
TwinMOS	256MB	PC2100	Hynix HY5DU28822AT-K
TwinMOS	256MB	PC2100	Samsung K4h380838B-TCB0
V-Data	512MB	PC2700	VDD8608A8A-6B
V-Data	512MB	PC2100	FID8608A8A-75B 40134
Remarks: All modules are tested and for general references.

 

VGA Support List

Brand	References (Chipset)
Asus	Asus V9560 FX5950 Ultra 256MB
Asus	Asus V9560 FX5600 256MB TV-OUT DVI
Asus	Asus V9520 FX5200
Asus	Asus Geforce4 Ti4400
Asus	Asus Geforce3 Ti200 64 MB
Ati	Ati Radeon VE 64MB TV-Out DVI
Ati	Ati Radeon 9800XT 256MB
Ati	Ati Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB
Ati	Ati Radeon 9700 Pro
Ati	Ati Radeon 9600 Pro
Ati	Ati Radeon 9000 Pro
Ati	Ati Radeon 8500 64MB DDR TV-Out
Ati	Ati Radeon 7500 64MB
Ati	Ati All In Wonder 9800 Pro
Ati	Ati All In Wonder 9000 Pro
Gainward	Gainward Geforce4 Ti4200 128MB
Gainward	Gainward Geforce4 MX460 64MB
Gainward	Gainward Geforce FX5600 Ultra 128MB
Gainward	Gainward Geforce FX5200 Ultra 128MB
Leadtek	Leadtek Quadro4 550 XGL
Matrox	Matrox Parhelia Dual-DVI 128MB
Msi	Msi Geforce FX5900 TD128MB*
Nvidia	Nvidia 6800GT
Palit	Palit Geforce4 Ti4200 128 MB TV-OUT DVI
Palit	Palit Geforce4 MX440 64MB TV-OUT DVI
Palit	Palit Geforce3 64MB TV-OUT DVI
Palit	Palit Geforce2 MX400 128MB
Power Color	Ati Radeon 9800XT 256MB
Power Color	Ati Radeon 9600 128MB
Triplex	Triplex Xabre Pro 64MB
Remarks: 1. * Due to mechanical incompatibility, some  NVIDIA chipset based cards (such as Msi FX5900 list)  are only working with chassis cover open.  2. All cards are tested and for general references.

 

ASUS V9560 Video Suite or GeForce FX 5600 in terms of lamer

Having found a video card based on the new NV31 chip in my field of vision, I overcame my natural fear of novelty and decided to quickly test it, since this is required by my duty to you. Honestly, I looked through numerous reviews of new cards literally diagonally, and then only the first page
. I agree, this is not good and you need to be aware, but it just happened
. On the other hand, this is a chance to look at a new product with an open mind, because someone else’s judgment is not hanging over me.

Still, I can’t say that I don’t know anything at all. I heard that NVIDIA has reduced the huge performance drop in «heavy modes» when anti-aliasing functions are enabled. I know that some versions of the Detonator drivers were released, which allowed to increase the results in 3DMark03. But my knowledge in this area was limited to these fragmentary information. Since time was running out, I decided not to study multi-page reviews and abstruse pdfs, but simply find out the speed of the video card and compare it with the previous generation card, our old test GeForce 4 Ti4600.

What does the hypothetical «normal user» do? He buys a video card, installs drivers and, without making any additional settings, measures performance in games and test packages, and after that the overclocker also tries to overclock it. So I did, and the object of research was the ASUS V9560 Video Suite video card.

Due to my unpreparedness, I somehow lost sight of the fact that NV31 is not NV30 or NV35. Therefore, the modest size and the normal cooling system of the video card pleasantly surprised me. I was also pleased with the heatsinks on the memory chips, you probably think that they will help with its overclocking. No wonder, I thought so too, until I looked at the back of the video card — no one had ever heard of memory heatsinks on the other side. They didn’t deliver. So the heatsinks on this card serve mainly for beauty, they are golden… For the first time I met this approach on one of the S/U/M/A video cards, it’s good that ASUS is not far behind and introduces all the advanced tricks in their products.

The chip on the video card worked at a frequency of 325 MHz and was overclocked to 350 MHz. By the way, RivaTuner does not yet understand these boards, it was not possible to drive through the low level, and I overclocked using the driver. The memory was overclocked from 600 MHz to 630 MHz. Modestly, but according to tradition, I did not use any additional cooling. Yes, the board has 128 MB of Samsung-made memory with an access time of 3.3 ns.

Test system consisted of:

• Mother — Abit NF7, rev. 2.0, BIOS version 10
• Memory -2*256 MB PC3500 Kingston Hyper-X
• Video1 – ASUS V9560 Video Suite (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600)
• Video2 – NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti4600
• Hard – IBM DTLA 305020
• Processor — AMD Athlon XP 1700+@2900+ (200×11. 5)
• Cooler -Thermaltake Volcano 7
• Thermal grease — KPT-8
• Operating system — Windows XP SP1 (Detonator 44.03)

I conducted tests in applications already familiar to us, the resolution during testing was set to 1024×768. In 3DMark 2001SE and 3DMark03 the quality settings were left at default, in Unreal Tournament 2003 they were set to [Normal], and in Quake 3 Arena [High Quality]. In 3DMark’ah I went through the entire cycle of tests three times, in UT2003 the flyby-inferno demo ran, and in Q3 the FOUR demo.




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The results just stunned me! It’s not surprising that the Ti4600 loses in 3DMark03 — the card is penalized mercilessly for not passing the entire set of tests. It’s not a big deal, since DX9 features are practically not used in games, and besides, by optimizing drivers specifically for 3DMark03, NVIDIA has clearly shown us that we shouldn’t trust these results. More meets the requirements for modern games 3DMark 2001SE, but in it, and in the relatively fresh UT2003, and in the rather old Q3, the video card based on the FX 5600 hopelessly loses to the video card of the previous generation!

I didn’t even try to overclock the Ti4600, because the FX 5600 Ultra is more suitable for it. For the FX 5600, it is a direct rival of the Ti4200, but if the Ti4200 is driven, it will approximately reach the performance of the Ti4600, so we can say that the comparison turned out to be correct. Why then such a lag? After all, even the frequencies are approximately equal? Here I vaguely began to remember that the NV31 is a stripped-down version of the NV30 and it has a reduced number of pipelines. And I also wanted to compare the card with the Radeon 9700! Since the Radeon is generally faster than the Ti4600, the comparison would be even more devastating for the ASUS V9560.

I want to confess one sin, which has been a heavy burden on me for a long time. In fact, this is not my first acquaintance with NVIDIA GeForce FX video cards. Even before the official release, I came across a GeForce FX 5200 video card from one of the Taiwanese manufacturers. I took a picture of it, started testing it and was horrified by the terrible performance. I tried to overclock, but the number of glitches did not allow it. I chalked it up to a prototype board, imperfect drivers, and didn’t tell you about this test. This is almost the only case when I ran tests, but did not report.

However, later it turned out that the FX 5200 is really a worthless video card, and today I was convinced that the FX 5600 is not at all as good as it was supposed to be. The manufacturer of the video card in this case is not to blame, the problem is in the chips. Why did NVIDIA start to release such video cards, which are often slower than the cards of the previous generation? Perhaps the fact is that the FX series is produced according to a new technical process and the chips are cheaper. There is definitely a bet on novelty, on the fact that a person will not figure it out and take 5600, since the number is more than 4600. Money was spent on the development of new chips and they need to be returned, returned at our expense.

There may be other reasons, I don’t know them. But I haven’t been as disappointed in a long time as I was with the new family of GeForce FX graphics cards. NV34 is insanely slow, NV31 is just slow, NV30 and NV35 are not that fast and very loud. Who needs these cards? Conclusion: FX sucks. And you can buy the ASUS V9560 Video Suite video card if you have a lot of money. The kit includes a useful program ASUS VideoSecurity II, which, if you have a video camera, will allow you to keep an eye on enemies sneaking up on your computer. Be vigilant, do not let the left devices penetrate your system unit!

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Video cards based on NVIDIA GeForce FX series chips by ASUS

Introduction

Three months after the first GeForce FX reviews appeared on the net, cards based on chips of this family have finally begun to be widely sold. Today, the focus of our attention is the line of video cards from one of the most famous manufacturers — ASUS Tec.
ASUS solutions have been on the video card market for a very long time and during this time have been able to win consumer recognition due to their high quality, reliability and wide range of capabilities. ASUS is one of NVIDIA’s main partners and, for example, unlike MSI, it remains stoically loyal to its main supplier of video chipsets. Now we can see the gradual appearance on our market of the entire line of video cards from ASUS based on GeForce FX graphics processors. It is to this family that our present review will be devoted.
The line of video cards from ASUS based on GeForce FX is currently the most widely represented on our market, however, despite this, video cards based on the GeForce FX 5200 Ultra and GeForceFX 5600 Ultra were not included in our review, so at the time of writing the review we could not find them. Of course, this is a temporary phenomenon, and in the very near future these cards will appear on our market and, perhaps, become the heroes of our future reviews, because their closest rival, cards based on ATI RADEON 9, will appear on the wide market soon.600. In the meantime, we can invite the reader to refer to our review of reference video cards based on the same GPUs.
So, let’s start looking at boards.

ASUS V9900 /TD (GeForce FX 5800)

ASUS V9900/TD is equipped with NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 GPU. From the box, “looking askance at us, tilting his head low” is someone who most of all looks like a distant relative of the Terminator:

Bonuses from the company are laid out in neat pockets cut out in polyurethane foam, since the size of the box allows this. The package includes two guides for installing and using the card, one inherited «from ancient times» for installing video cards «in general and in general», and the second is designed specifically for V9900. Apparently, in unison with the user manuals, two disks with drivers are put at once, again, one “from ancient times”, and the second is newer. In addition, the set includes as many as 4 full versions of TES III games: Morrowind (Game + TES Construction Set), Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six — Rogue spear: Black Thorn, Worms Blast and VR Aquarium and two demo versions of IL2 games: Sturmovik and Battle realms . To «separate the wheat from the chaff», the full versions of the game games are in their box, and the demo version in their own. As for the software, ASUS DVD XP and Cyberlink Medi@Show SE are included with the card. The kit also includes an S-Video-to-RCA cable and a DVI->D-Sub adapter:

And here is the same red-eyed monster in person. The card looks really impressive:

for cards based on the GeForce FX 5800, NVIDIA sends «constructors» from the GPU, memory and PCB to manufacturers. To my deep regret, the card is equipped with the reference FlowFX cooling system, because using the example of cards from other manufacturers, we already know that it is possible to create an equally efficient, but at the same time less noisy cooling system.
The card is equipped with D-Sub, DVI and 4-pin S-Video connectors. NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 processor…:

… and equipped with 128 MB of DDR-II memory in Samsung BGA packaging with 2 ns cycle time:

Clock speeds are 400 and 800 MHz for the core and memory, respectively.
The overclocking potential of the sample we got for testing turned out to be quite high for cards based on the GeForce FX 5800 Ultra and amounted to 515 and 1050 MHz for the core and memory, respectively. Because the card gets very hot in normal mode even in an open case, I used a 120mm fan for additional airflow. With the same system, overclocking was carried out.

ASUS V9900 Ultra (GeForce FX 5800 Ultra)

This card comes in the same box as its younger sister, only the prefix Ultra has been added to the name. The delivery set also differs very little. The same two user manuals and two driver discs, although the game set has changed somewhat, TES III: Morrowind has been replaced with Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon. The kit also includes ASUS DVD XP and Cyberlink Medi@Show SE, S-Video-to-RCA cable and DVI->D-Sub adapter.
The card is also made according to the reference design and looks no different from its older sister, all differences are hidden by the cooling system.
The card is equipped with D-Sub, DVI and 4-pin S-Video connectors, video signals are encoded by means of a TV-out unit built into the GPU chip, signal generation for digital monitors is carried out by a Sil164CT64 TMDS transmitter from Silicon Image.
The card is based on NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra GPU and equipped with 128 MB DDR-II memory in Samsung BGA package with 2 ns cycle time. Clock frequencies are 500 and 1000 MHz for the core and memory, respectively. In terms of overclocking potential, the card is slightly inferior to its younger sister, but the absolute values ​​of the core and memory frequencies during overclocking turned out to be higher — 540 MHz and 1140 MHz for the core and memory, respectively.

ASUS V9560 Video Suite (GeForce FX 5600)

GeForce FX 5600-based cards are shipped in boxes that are inferior to the boxes of older sisters only in thickness. The color of the eyes of the metal monster has changed to blue, and instead of polyurethane foam, the pockets for bonuses are made of cardboard:

Bonuses, however, have not become smaller:

Again, the kit includes two user manuals, a disk with drivers and utilities, a set of those the same four games and demo versions that came with the FX 5800. The card comes with two DVI-D-Sub adapters and a VIVO adapter-splitter.
ASUS V9560 has the Video Suite prefix in its name, which demonstrates that in addition to accelerating the work of 3D applications, the card is designed for high-quality and multifunctional video output. Physically, Video Suite means equipping the card with VIVO functions and an additional DVI-I connector that replaces the usual D-Sub:

To connect analog monitors, the card comes with two DVI->D-Sub adapters. Encoding and decoding of video signals is carried out by the already familiar SAA7108E chip from Philips, signal generation on an additional connector for digital monitors is carried out by a Sil164CT64 TMDS transmitter from Silicon Image.
In addition to these functions, the board is also equipped with the possibility of hardware monitoring, carried out using the W83781D chip from Winbond. The presence of such a huge number of additional functions could not but affect the design of the board:

The board is made according to its own design and based on the GeForce FX 5600 graphics processor:

The board is equipped with 128 bit DDR SDRAM memory from Samsung with an access time of 3.3 ns, which corresponds to the operating frequency 600(300DDR) MHz:

The video card is cooled by a thin-finned aluminum heatsink with a central fan position, which we have already seen on video cards from ASUS.
Dual aluminum heatsinks are used to cool the video memory. The purpose of these heatsinks remains a mystery to me, since this memory does not require additional cooling to operate at standard frequencies, and when overclocking the memory, these heatsinks are unlikely to make life much easier for overclockers, because they are glued on only one side of the video card. But, at least, they give the video card a more attractive look, and this, although small, is still an advantage.
Video card nominal clock speeds are 325/600 MHz. With the standard cooling system, the board was able to overclock and work stably at frequencies of 350/645 MHz. Even sticking heatsinks for memory from Thermaltake didn’t help to increase the frequency of video memory. Such a low overclocking potential is due to the fact that the card is already partially overclocked by the manufacturer.

ASUS V9520/TD (GeForce FX 5200)

The GeForce FX 5200 based card comes in a box of the same dimensions as the GeForce FX 5600 based cards, except that the color of the iron monster’s eyes is now green:

The package includes two user manuals, a CD with drivers and utilities, and the same games, demo versions and software that were included with ASUS V9560 and ASUS V9900:

Also included is a 4-pin S adapter cable -video-to-RCA and DVI->D-sub adapter. As you can see, the package bundle is very rich for cards of this price range, which is good news.
Custom designed card…:

… based on GeForce FX 5200 GPU:

The video card is equipped with 128 MB of 128 bit DDR SDRAM manufactured by ESMT with 4ns access time:

A small note about the memory: the video card shown in the photo on the back of the box is equipped with 5 nanosecond memory, so I think it is on sale such boards may also appear.

The card is cooled by an aluminum cooler of a very common design with a central fan position, which we have already seen both on ASUS video cards and on video cards from other manufacturers. In working condition, the cooler makes very little noise.
Video card nominal clock speeds are 250/400 MHz. With the standard system, the maximum frequencies of the graphics core and video memory during overclocking were 290/470 MHz. It is noteworthy that the memory installed on this card could not even reach the rated frequency of 500 MHz during overclocking.

ASUS V9520 Magic (GeForce FX 5200)

This is the weakest and «truncated» card from the entire family. In addition to equipping the card with a slower memory, the memory bus has also been «cut», the width of which is now 64 bits, which is what the Magic prefix indicates. The video card comes in the smallest box, which contains only user manuals and a driver disk:

Of the additional functions, the card is equipped only with TV-out, which is implemented in the form of two connectors, composite and 4 pin S-video, and is provided by the TV-out block built into the chip. For output to the monitor, a 15-pin D-Sub connector is used:

The card does not come with any cords and adapters, so those who want to connect it to their home TV will have to purchase an additional cord:

The card is made according to its own design. ..:

… and is based on the GeForce FX 5200 video processor:

The board is equipped with 128 MB DDR SDRAM from Infineon with an access time of 6 ns:

The core is cooled by a thin-ribbed passive aluminum radiator.
Rated clock speeds are 250/330 (165 DDR) MHz for core and memory, respectively.
The card was able to overclock and work stably at 310 MHz and 430 MHz for the core and memory, respectively.

Drivers and utilities, overclocking

When installing drivers from the manufacturer on some cards (in our case, these are both cards based on the GeForce FX 5200 and ASUS V9560 Video Suite), we are offered a choice of installing a standard driver, or a driver from the board manufacturer configured for maximum performance.
As it turned out upon closer examination, this setting consists in overclocking the core and memory, and the frequencies to which the video card is overclocked are programmed into the BIOS of the video card, and when installing reference drivers from NVIDIA, they are set to already overclocked positions.
To overclock and monitor these cards, ASUS offers to use ASUS’ proprietary utility — ASUS SmartDoctor 2, and SmartDoctor’s installation includes different items for different cards.
Since the ASUS V9560 Video Suite card has a hardware monitoring chip, there are three installation points for it — ASUS Smart Doctor, ASUS Smart Tweak, ASUS Smart Doctor with Smart Cooling.
For cards not equipped with a hardware monitoring chip, only ASUS Smart Tweak is offered. This utility allows you to simply change and test the frequencies of the video card:

A more powerful utility, Smart Doctor 2, deserves a special mention. The utility offers an extremely wide range of possibilities: from changing the operating frequencies of the video card to monitoring various voltages and temperatures on the board:

Some rather interesting options are also available: Dynamic Graphic Cooling, Overheat Protection and Dynamic Fan Control:

As you might guess, they are all designed to reduce noise and overheating of the graphics core during overclocking. In addition, SmartDoctor offers a dynamic change in the frequencies of the video card, for 2D mode it sets the reference frequencies, and for 3D applications it increases them to those programmed in the BIOS. In fact, the only advantage I found was a decrease in fan speed in 2D mode, in 3D the fan was always spinning at maximum speed, and short-term freezes of 3D applications were observed.
The overclocking of the new cards of the GeForce FX series in itself added new sensations to my piggy bank. Apparently, these cards are equipped with an internal thermal monitoring unit and when the core overheats, they stop the graphics subsystem, as a result of which the image “freezes”, but the computer does not hang, after a while the application resumes normal operation. The indisputable advantage of this method of overclocking control is that, in general, strong overclocking does not cause BSOD or freezes, and with sufficient waiting time, you can always bring the system to a working state.

Test system and test conditions

Video cards were tested on the bench with the following configuration:

Processor — Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz 533 MHz Bus
Motherboard — ASUS P4S8X (SiS 648) 9008 Db266 Memory 90 PC 2700 Kingston
Hard drive — Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 40 Gb

Software

Driver — Detonator 43.51
Operating system — Windows XP Pro SP1

Game tests

Quake III Arena:

This time all video cards are arranged in order of increasing memory bus bandwidth. The board based on the GeForce FX 5600 with a 64-bit memory bus again demonstrates a twofold lag behind its «full-fledged» sister, which increases to a threefold when antialiasing and anisotropic filtering are enabled.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter:

In this test, the situation is almost the same as in Quake III, the only difference is that when the number of frames per second in the game goes over 90, video cards begin to give an inadequately low performance boost. The reason for this lies most likely in the Serious Sam engine. In the same test, I was pleasantly surprised by a video card with a reduced memory bus, which gave a 1.5-fold increase in performance at high resolutions with anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering enabled, although what does it matter if the number of frames per second still did not rise above 10.

Unreal Tournament 2003:

This test went without even minor surprises, all video cards show results corresponding to their clock speeds and GPU power. The increase in performance from overclocking strictly corresponds to the increase in clock frequencies.

Conclusion

The new line from ASUS leaves a lot of impressions, both positive and not so.
For example, a series of boards based on the GeForce FX 5800 and 5800 Ultra have extremely high heat dissipation and noise levels, but in this case the card manufacturer has almost nothing to do with it, although in general one could look for a more acceptable cooling system. In addition, with the release of the GeForce FX 59 series00, these cards almost completely lose their attractiveness for the buyer, because they have the only advantage over the GeForce 5900 series — they are present on the «here&now» market — «here and now».

The card based on the GeForce FX 5600 leaves a good impression with its performance, delivery package and wide functionality, the impression is spoiled only by a few unfortunate software, which, however, can be dispensed with.

The card based on the GeForce FX 5200 is practically devoid of shortcomings. It has good performance, a rich supply package, a low noise level and an adequate price. It seems to me that this card is waiting for the longest and happiest life on the market.

A card with a reduced memory bus based on the same GeForce FX 5200, on the contrary, makes a depressing impression. Sometimes having a performance two times lower than its full-fledged sister, it has a much poorer bundle and a not much lower price (at the time of writing the review, the prices for these cards differed by less than 25%). The only thing that brightens up this dull picture is a good overclocking potential and a complete absence of noise.

Test laboratory | KV.by

In the new section «Test
laboratory» main
the objects of study will be
processors, motherboards,
video cards, memory and cooling
devices. We will try
squeeze out of this iron
maximum performance.

This week to me at
lab hit pretty
successful and adapted to
overclocking samples: ASUS V9560 graphics card
Ultra and AMD Athlon XP 2500+ processor. However,
about everything in order.


ASUS V9 graphics card560 Ultra

words.

V9560 Ultra based on NVIDIA GeForce FX chip
5600 Ultra has an AGP x2/x4/x8 interface and
is a copy of the reference design
NVIDIA: built according to
all specifications and
NVIDIA recommendations, except
cooling, which is
of a fan and copper, with
lots of ribs
radiator of our own design
by ASUS. memory chips also
covered with radiators.

Video card equipped with 128
megabytes of memory
located on both sides
printed circuit board. Memory
manufactured by Hynix (marking HY5DU283222)
has an access time of 2.5 nanoseconds,
which corresponds to the standard
recommended by NVIDIA, frequency of 400 (800
(DDR)) MHz. Graphics core frequency
standard — 400 MHz.

The card has a standard set
outputs: analog, digital (DVI) and
TV OUT.

ASUS V9560 Ultra boasts
video digitization capabilities,
which are implemented through


Overclocking and testing

stand equipped with a motherboard
board Gigabyte 8IK1100 (Intel 875P). For a fee
512 MB DDR400 SDRAM were installed
memory, Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz processor and
hard drive Seagate Barracuda 7 80 GB, on
which was installed with Windows XP.

The video card was overclocked while
help of the RivaTuner utility. Stability
work during acceleration was checked with
using GLMark and 3DMark 2003 benchmarks,
that have been spun three times
in order to make sure
stability of the video card during operation
in emergency mode. Appearance
artifacts (distortions) on the monitor
meant overclocking from memory. At
manifestation of a similar frequency
memory down a few
megahertz. System freeze
meant overclocking on the chip.
Therefore, if the computer hangs, then
the frequency of the graphics core was lowered
several megahertz. If all
benchmarks scrolled three times
no artifacts or
system freezes, then overclocking
succeeded, and the sample tested
can work stably in
emergency condition.
Additional cooling is not
applied.

ASUS V9560 Ultra video card overclocked
up to frequencies: 450 MHz for graphics
cores and 850 MHz for memory. results
overclocking, in general, successful, but
video memory overclocking potential
small: I expected more, but,
maybe it’s a specific problem.
copy that I had.

Results tabulated
testing in regular and
overclocked states.

Test applications	400 MHz / (800 (DDR)) MHz	450 MHz / (850 (DDR)) MHz
1024x768x32
3DMark 2003, Scores	3430	9810
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (OpenGL), Demo: Checkpoint, fps	135. 0	146.8
Serious Sam 2 The Second Encounter (OpenGL), Demo: Value The Jaguar, fps	110.4	121.4
Unreal Tournament 2003 (Direct3D) Demo: antalus flyby fps	77.05	85.43
Unreal II: The Awakening (Direct3D), fps	55.5	66.7

Productivity increase
there is — on average, 8-10 fps in gaming
applications and a little less
half a thousand parrots in 3DMark 2003.
Of course, this increase
performance is not noticeable:
what’s the difference between 110 and 120 fps? But not
forget about hardcore
gamers who value every fps, and
also about the approach of games of the new
generations: Doom 3, Half Life 2, etc., in
which these 8-10 fps will come in handy.


Verdict

ASUS V9560 Ultra — video card showed
average overclocking result,
despite competently
designed system
cooling. When applied
additional cooling is possible
achieve the best results.
The only negative of the V9560 Ultra is the price, but
it somehow compensates
performance boost,
which can be squeezed out
acceleration.

Artem SEMENKOV,
[email protected]

ASUS V9560 Ultra graphics card
provided by CD-Life
— official distributor
ASUS products on
territory of the Republic of Belarus.

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Number:

No. 47 of 2003

Category:

Hardware

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Computer fashion 2003 — Money — Kommersant

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Computer Fashion 2003

If your company has an intelligent computer specialist, you should not have problems choosing computer equipment. If you can’t afford such a specialist or you want to buy a computer for your home, then pay attention to the results of the test laboratory of the Dengi magazine. This time, 21 models of personal computers sold on the Russian market fell into her hands. Tester 9 worked with hardware0166 Evgeny Lyubarsky, contacted suppliers Vladislav Dorofeev, analyzed results Igor Pichugin.

What was tested
We asked computer manufacturers to provide an office-type system unit for testing and another, more sophisticated one, designed for home use. In our view, the configuration of a modern office computer in general terms looks like this: a Celeron processor with a clock speed of 2 GHz, 256 MB of RAM, a 40 GB hard drive, a CD-ROM and an entry-level video card, but decent enough — with hardware support for 3D graphics (3D). We consider the system unit of the following configuration to be optimal for home use: Pentium IV 2.6 GHz processor, 512 MB memory, 80 GB hard disk, DVD-ROM and a video card with top-level 3D support. We did not ask to strain and send us the maximum possible «bells and whistles» for today, as well as to configure the system unit in any special way. The standard for the operating system is Windows XP, and it was up to the suppliers to use its professional or home version.
Few of the test participants strictly met these requirements. Basically, the suppliers, apparently wanting to configure the test as best as possible, sent more powerful computers. Enforcer, Aquarius, DVM, and, with some stretch, R & K were the most exact in the requested parameters. The rest had too much (some, for example, supplied machines with two hard drives linked into a RAID array). However, Hewlett-Packard and Dell, apparently, did not choose, but sent for the test what was at hand (hence the bias in both directions). By the way, of the ten brands that took part in the test, only HP and Dell represent international computer brands, the rest are Russian brands.
So, when classifying the computers sent as office or home computers, we had some difficulties. We decided to focus on a video card: a card with its own memory up to 64 MB served as a sign of an office purpose. Therefore, for example, both R & K Wiener models, as well as the Dell OptiPlex, are classified as office computers. On the same basis (video card performance), out of four HP Compaq models, only one got into the category of home models — D530 (convertible minitower). According to representatives of DEPO Computers, all their computers are intended for corporate use, however, due to its exceptional «tricks», we still identified the Race 475 model as a home PC. However, the system administrator will only be happy if the company buys him such a computer: with such graphical capabilities, he will not be bored. And already on the basis of the processor, we, contrary to the name, have identified the Excimer Work model in the home category, and Excimer Home, on the contrary, in the office category. Of course, any powerful «pentium» computer can also be used for production purposes — for the development of application or system programs, design work. You should not just put it on the desktop of an accountant, line manager or clerk.

As tested
We were not going to shake computers, drop them, heat them up and subject them to other extreme influences. We just wanted to test the performance of the machines. For this purpose, two software tests were used. One is called PC Mark 2002 and measures overall system performance when running popular business applications. In this case, the overall performance consists of such parameters as the speed of accessing disk and RAM, as well as the performance of the processor itself. Using each of these computer components to the maximum, the test program measures their speed characteristics and gives some numbers characterizing performance. The second test is called 3D Mark 2001 SE and measures the performance of the graphics and video subsystems. In particular, it operates with such a value as the number of processed frames per second (frame per sec, fps). For computer games, 50-60 fps is considered acceptable: if fps is less than 30, then image twitching becomes noticeable to the eye. In addition, the test checks the capabilities of the video card when working with professional 3D applications.
Thus, four estimates were obtained for each computer. The first characterizes the performance of the processor, the second characterizes the RAM, the third characterizes the hard drive and the fourth characterizes the performance of the video card. All test scores are recalculated on a 10-point scale (10 points are given to the computer with the highest score). In addition, ergonomics, design and the overall impression of the system units are evaluated on a five-point scale (subjective assessment of the tester). Another parameter for comparison is the price of a computer. The final result is the sum of all ratings.

What did you get
As for processor performance, the highest scores were given to Pentium IV-based system units with a clock frequency of 2.8-3 GHz. Which is not surprising. Note that a computer based on an AMD Athlon processor (the only «non-Intel» machine presented by Formosa) with a nominal clock frequency of 2 GHz has performance close to those demonstrated by PCs equipped with a Pentium IV with a clock frequency of 2.6 GHz . In general, this AMD machine received the highest overall score in the test.
More capacious RAM (1024 MB), which uses a faster bus (400 MHz), has a higher performance. The situation is different with disk memory: in this case, too many parameters affect the results. Thus, the recently appeared new interface for connecting hard drives Serial ATA, in contrast to the standard (ATA), provides a higher external data transfer rate. Winchesters have different rotation speeds: 5400, 7200 and even 10,000 rpm. The rating of 3 is also affected by the quality of the hard drive controller (it is located on the motherboard) and the version of the operating system used (Windows XP Home Edition does not have some additional services that are in Windows XP Professional). In addition, some vendors have used a simpler hard drive file system (FAT 32), which makes the OS run faster. Because of all these nuances, the spread of ratings for hard drives turned out to be quite large: even identical hard drives received different ratings. For the same reasons, machines with two hard drives connected in a RAID array (three such computers participated in the test) did not always show a big gap from configurations with a standard hard drive connection. So, the Excimer Work model with a RAID controller showed mediocre results: it’s hard to say whether this is due to the configuration of the motherboard drivers or the driver of the RAID itself.
The score for graphics is mainly affected by the performance of the video card itself (this is how the software test works). In this regard, we note that two types of chipsets received the maximum marks: ATI Radeon 9800 PRO and Nvidia GeForce FX 5900.
As for the subjective assessment, here the tester especially noted Western brands — HP and Dell. Domestic computer brands, as a rule, do not have their own corporate identity (with the possible exception of «Aquarius»): Russian manufacturers mainly use standard blocks and cases, limiting themselves to gluing their logo on them. However, all components and cases are of high enough quality, so the tester did not fall below the «four».
The last time we tested system units was almost two and a half years ago. I must say that during this time the «advanced» clock frequency of processors has grown two to three times. Other characteristics of a personal computer have also grown significantly: for example, 256 MB of RAM is now considered the minimum configuration, the standard for hard drive capacity is 40-80 GB (manufacturers can also combine two 120 GB hard drives into a RAID array). Video cards experienced especially noticeable progress: if last time we asked to send system units with 32 MB video cards for testing, then the current standard for video memory is 128 MB. As for the case design, domestic computer brands, unfortunately, have changed little over these two and a half years.
This time, our tester singled out the HP Compaq and Dell models based on the totality of sensations — for stable quality and their inherent sense of style. Of the domestic cars, the models of Aquarius, Enforcer and DEPO Computers «seemed» to him.

OFFICE PC

DEPO Neos 265
Processor Intel Pentium IV, 2.4 GHz
Motherboard Intel D865GLC
Memory 1024 MB, DDR SDRAM 400 MHz
Video card ATI Radeon 9500, 128 MB
Hard drive Western Digital WD360GD, 36 GB, 10,000 rpm.
CD-RW Sony CRX220E1, 24x/52x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 7. 9
Score 2 (memory) 8.5
Score 3 (hard drive) 6.8
Score 4 (video card) 7.7
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.5
Total score 35.4
Price ($) 1045 (wholesale)
Supplier DEPO Computers (www.depo.ru)

HP Compaq D330 (desktop)
Processor Intel Pentium IV, 2.6 GHz
Motherboard chipset Intel 865G
Memory 256 MB, DDR SDRAM 400 MHz
Integrated video card Intel 82865G, 8 MB
Hard drive Maxtor 6E040LO, 40 GB, 7200 rpm.
CD-ROM Samsung SC-148C, 48x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 8.6
Score 2 (memory) 6.9
Grade 3 (hard drive) 6.5
Score 4 (video card) 5.3
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 5.0
Total score 32.3
Price ($) 1112 (recommended retail)
Supplier Hewlett Packard JSC (www.hp.ru)

HP Compaq D530 (small form factor)
Processor Intel Pentium IV, 2. 4 GHz
Motherboard chipset Intel 865G
Memory 256 MB, DDR SDRAM 400 MHz
Integrated video card Intel 82865G, 8 MB
Seagate ST340014A 40 GB 7200 rpm hard drive
CD-ROM Samsung SC-148C, 48x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 8.0
Score 2 (memory) 6.9
Grade 3 (hard drive) 6.0
Score 4 (video card) 5.3
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.5
Total score 30.7
Price ($) 1200 (recommended retail)
Supplier «Rombo» (www.rombo.ru)

K-Systems Irbis M
Processor Intel Celeron, 2.6 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000MK (Intel 865PE)
Memory 256 MB, DDR SDRAM 266 MHz
Video card Nvidia GeForce FX 5200, 128 MB
Hard drive Western Digital WD400BB, 40 GB, 7200 rpm.
CD-ROM Asus CD-S520, 52x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 8. 1
Score 2 (memory) 5.8
Score 3 (hard drive) 5.6
Score 4 (video card) 6.1
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.5
Total score 30.1
Price ($) 550 (recommended retail)
Supplier «K-Systems» (www.k-systems.ru)
Dell OptiPlex GX260

Processor Intel Pentium IV, 2.8 GHz
Motherboard chipset Intel 845G
Memory 256 MB, DDR SDRAM 266 MHz
Video card ATI Radeon 7500, 32 MB
Seagate ST340016A 40 GB 7200 rpm hard drive
CD-ROM 24x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 9.1
Score 2 (memory) 5.5
Score 3 (hard drive) 5.2
Score 4 (video card) 5.6
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.5
Total score 29.9
Price ($) 884 (wholesale)
Supplier LC-group (www.denikin.ru)

Excimer Home
Processor Intel Celeron, 2. 6 GHz
Motherboard Asus P4PE (Intel 845PE)
Memory 512 MB, DDR SDRAM 333 MHz
Video card Microstar MSI-8900 (Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE), 128 MB
Seagate ST360015A 60 GB 7200 rpm hard drive
DVD-ROM Sony DDU1621, 40x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 7.9
Score 2 (memory) 4.5
Score 3 (hard drive) 5.6
Score 4 (video card) 7.0
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.0
Total score 29.0
Price ($) 635 (recommended retail)
Supplier «Excimer DM» (www.excimer.com)

R&K Wiener Pro
Processor Intel Pentium IV, 2.4 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-8IG1000MK (Intel 865G)
Memory 1024 MB, DDR SDRAM 400 MHz
Integrated video card Intel 82865G, 16 MB
Hard drive Western Digital WD400JB, 40 GB, 7200 rpm.
CD-ROM Sony CDU5211, 52x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 8. 0
Score 2 (memory) 7.4
Grade 3 (hard drive) 4.0
Score 4 (video card) 5.3
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.0
Total score 28.7
Price ($) 1052 (recommended retail)
Supplier R&K (www.r-and-k.ru)

Dell OptiPlex GX260
Processor Intel Pentium IV, 2.4 GHz
Motherboard chipset Intel 845G
Memory 256 MB, DDR SDRAM 266 MHz
Video card ATI Radeon 7500, 32 MB
Seagate ST340016A 40 GB 7200 rpm hard drive
CD-ROM 24x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 7.9
Score 2 (memory) 5.2
Score 3 (hard drive) 5.3
Score 4 (video card) 5.6
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.5
Total score 28.5
Price ($) 819 (wholesale)
Supplier LC-group (www.denikin.ru)

IS Mechanics Office
Processor Intel Celeron, 2 GHz
Motherboard Asus P4P800 (Intel 865PE)
Memory 256 MB, DDR SDRAM 333 MHz
Video card Asus V9180TD (Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440), 64 MB
Hard drive Maxtor 2F040LO, 40 GB, 5400 rpm.
CD-RW Asus CRW5224A, 24x/52x
OS MS Windows XP Home Edition
Score 1 (CPU) 6.3
Score 2 (memory) 5.3
Score 3 (hard drive) 5.7
Score 4 (video card) 6.0
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 5.0
Total score 28.3
Price ($) 504 (wholesale)
Supplier «Inforcer» (www.inforser.ru)

Aquarius STD DC 200
Processor Intel Celeron, 2 GHz
Motherboard Asus P4P800-VM (Intel 865G)
Memory 256 MB, DDR SDRAM 333 MHz
Video card Asus V9180TD (Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440), 64 MB
Seagate ST340015A 40 GB 5400 rpm hard drive
CD-ROM LG GCR-8523B, 52x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 6.3
Score 2 (memory) 5.2
Score 3 (hard drive) 5.2
Score 4 (video card) 6.0
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.0
Total score 26.7
Price ($) 557 (recommended retail)
Supplier Aquarius (www. aq.ru)

HP Compaq D330 (microtower)
Processor Intel Celeron, 2.2 GHz
Motherboard chipset Intel 865G
Memory 256 MB, DDR SDRAM 333 MHz
Integrated video card Intel 82865G, 8 MB
Hard drive Western Digital WD400EB, 40 GB, 5400 rpm.
CD-ROM Samsung SC-148C, 48x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 6.7
Score 2 (memory) 4.4
Score 3 (hard drive) 5.3
Score 4 (video card) 5.0
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 5.0
Total score 26.4
Price ($) 850 (recommended retail)
Supplier Hewlett Packard JSC (www.hp.ru)

DVM Value plus
Processor Intel Celeron, 2 GHz
Motherboard Microstar MSI-6580 (Intel 845PE)
Memory 256 MB, DDR SDRAM 266 MHz
Video card Microstar MSI-8895 (Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440), 64 MB
Hard drive Maxtor 2F040LO, 40 GB, 5400 rpm.
CD-ROM Microstar MSI-8152, 52x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 6.2
Score 2 (memory) 4.1
Score 3 (hard drive) 5.6
Score 4 (video card) 5.6
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.5
Total score 26.0
Price ($) 402 (for corporate clients)
Supplier DVM Group (www.dvm.ru)

R&K Wiener 4
Processor Intel Celeron, 2 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-PEMT4 (Intel 845PE)
Memory 256 MB, DDR SDRAM 266 MHz
Video card Microstar MSI-8878 (Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440), 64 MB
Hard drive Western Digital WD400EB, 40 GB, 5400 rpm.
CD-ROM Sony CDU5211, 52x
OS MS Windows XP Home Edition
Score 1 (CPU) 6.3
Score 2 (memory) 4.1
Score 3 (hard drive) 5.1
Score 4 (video card) 5.5
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.5
Total score 25.5
Price ($) 710 (recommended retail)
Supplier R&K (www. r-and-k.ru)
formoza
Processor AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 2 GHz
Motherboard Asus K8V Deluxe (VIA K8T800)
Memory 1024 MB, DDR SDRAM 400 MHz
ATI Radeon 9 graphics card800 PRO, 128 MB
Hard drive 2 x Maxtor 6Y120MO, 120 GB, 7200 rpm (RAID)
DVD-RW Toshiba CD-R5002, 16x/40x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 8.7
Score 2 (memory) 9.6
Score 3 (hard drive) 10.0
Score 4 (video card) 10.0
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 5.0
Total score 43.3
Price ($) 1450 (wholesale)
Supplier Formoza (www.formoza.ru)

K-Systems Irbis Lux

Processor Intel Pentium IV, 2.6 GHz
Motherboard Asus P4P800 (Intel 865PE)
Memory 512 MB, DDR SDRAM 400 MHz
Video card Asus V9560 (Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 Ultra), 128 MB
Seagate ST380013AS 80 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
CD-RW/DVD-ROM AOpen CRW4850, 12x/50x/AOpen DVD1648, 48x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 8. 5
Score 2 (memory) 8.0
Grade 3 (hard drive) 6.5
Score 4 (video card) 7.7
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 5.0
Total score 35.7
Price ($) 1107 (recommended retail)
Supplier K-Systems (www.k-systems.ru)

DEPO Race 475

Processor Intel Pentium IV, 3 GHz
Motherboard Intel D875PBZ
Memory 1024 MB, DDR SDRAM 400 MHz
Video card ATI Radeon 9800 PRO, 256 MB
Hard drive 2 x Seagate ST3120023AS, 120 GB, 7200 rpm (RAID)
DVD-RW Plextor PX-504A, 16x/40x (Creative SB Audigy sound card)
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 10.0
Score 2 (memory) 10.0
Grade 3 (hard drive) 8.0
Score 4 (video card) 9.6
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.5
Total score 42.1
Price ($) 2200 (wholesale)
Supplier DEPO Computers (www.depo.ru)

Excimer Work
Processor Intel Pentium IV, 3 GHz
Motherboard Asus P4C800 (Intel 875P)
Memory 1024 MB, DDR SDRAM 400 MHz
Video card Asus V9950 TD (Nvidia GeForce FX 5900), 128 MB
Hard drive 2 x Seagate ST3120023AS, 120 GB, 7200 rpm (RAID)
DVD-RW TEAC DV-W50E, 12x/32x (Creative SB Audigy 2 6. 1 sound card)
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 9.8
Score 2 (memory) 9,3
Score 3 (hard drive) 5.4
Score 4 (video card) 9.2
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.5
Total score 38.2
Price ($) 2385 (recommended retail)
Supplier «Excimer DM» (www.excimer.com)

HP Compaq D530 (convertible minitower)
Processor Intel Pentium IV, 2.8 GHz
Motherboard chipset Intel 865G
Memory 512 MB, DDR SDRAM 400 MHz
Video card Nvidia Quadro4 750 XGL, 128 MB
Seagate ST340014A 40 GB 7200 rpm hard drive
CD-ROM Samsung SC-148C, 48x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 9.2
Score 2 (memory) 8.5
Score 3 (hard drive) 6.2
Score 4 (video card) 8.2
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 5.0
Total score 37.1
Price ($) 1200 (recommended retail)
Supplier «Rombo» (www. rombo.ru)

Aquarius PRO DF 260
Processor Intel Pentium IV, 2.6 GHz
Motherboard Asus P4P800 (Intel 865PE)
Memory 512 MB, DDR SDRAM 400 MHz
Video card Asus V9560 (Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 Ultra), 128 MB
Seagate ST380011A 80 GB 7200 rpm hard drive
CD-ROM LG GCR-8523B, 52x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 8.7
Score 2 (memory) 9.2
Score 3 (hard drive) 6.4
Score 4 (video card) 8.1
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.5
Total score 36.9
Price ($) 1006 (recommended retail)
Supplier Aquarius (www.aq.ru)

IS Mechanics Workstation
Processor Intel Pentium IV, 2.6 GHz
Motherboard Asus P4P800 (Intel 865PE)
Memory 512 MB, DDR SDRAM 333 MHz
Video card Asus V9280S2 (Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE), 128 MB
Hard drive Maxtor 6Y080MO, 80 GB, 7200 rpm.
CD-RW Asus CRW5224A, 24x/52x
OS MS Windows XP Home Edition
Score 1 (CPU) 8.8
Score 2 (memory) 7.7
Grade 3 (hard drive) 7.0
Score 4 (video card) 7.9
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 5.0
Total score 36.4
Price ($) 860 (wholesale)
Supplier «Inforcer» (www.inforser.ru)

Formoza 7260PEN
Processor Intel Pentium IV, 2.6 GHz
Motherboard Asus P4P800 (Intel 865PE)
Memory 512 MB, DDR SDRAM 400 MHz
Video card Microstar MSI-8912 (Nvidia GeForce FX 5600), 128 MB
Hard drive Maxtor 6Y080LO, 80 GB, 7200 rpm.
DVD-ROM/CD-RW Sony CRX300E, 24x/48x
OS MS Windows XP Professional
Score 1 (CPU) 8.6
Score 2 (memory) 9.0
Score 3 (hard drive) 6.8
Score 4 (video card) 7.5
Score 5 (design, ergonomics) 4.0
Total score 35.9
Price ($) 820 (wholesale)
Supplier «Formoza» (www.