I just purchased a AK12A for a 1.4Ghz Athlon with a 266Mhz FSB.
I have been running a benchmarks tonight on my PIII 800MHZ system (ASUS P3V-4X) vs the Athlon(Shuttle AK12A) using Sandra by SiSoft
On the CPU, Graphics, memory no surprises the Athlon beats the PIII, but the real surprise is the hard disk performance.
On the PIII 800 MHZ with a Maxtor 7200RPM ATA 66 drive reports 16500.
The Athlon with a WD 7200RPM ATA 100 drive reports 13232, and Maxtor 7200RPM ATA 66 drive reports 10559.
Reference numbers are
ATA 33 5400 8000
ATA 66 7200 17000
ATA 100 7200 24000
The PIII has VT82C596B and the Athlon are running the VIA VT82C686B Southbridge with ATA 100, ATA 66, Windows 2K, service pack 2 and the latest Via drivers.
It looks to me like the Athlon is running at ATA 33. Do you think I have a dfective Southbridge or did Shuttle just do a terrible job wiring it up, or smething else that I am missing?
I have been running a benchmarks tonight on my PIII 800MHZ system (ASUS P3V-4X) vs the Athlon(Shuttle AK12A) using Sandra by SiSoft
On the CPU, Graphics, memory no surprises the Athlon beats the PIII, but the real surprise is the hard disk performance.
On the PIII 800 MHZ with a Maxtor 7200RPM ATA 66 drive reports 16500.
The Athlon with a WD 7200RPM ATA 100 drive reports 13232, and Maxtor 7200RPM ATA 66 drive reports 10559.
Reference numbers are
ATA 33 5400 8000
ATA 66 7200 17000
ATA 100 7200 24000
The PIII has VT82C596B and the Athlon are running the VIA VT82C686B Southbridge with ATA 100, ATA 66, Windows 2K, service pack 2 and the latest Via drivers.
It looks to me like the Athlon is running at ATA 33. Do you think I have a dfective Southbridge or did Shuttle just do a terrible job wiring it up, or smething else that I am missing?
