Overclocking the FC-PGA Coppermine: Part 2

SYSMark 2000 approaches benchmarking in a slightly different way than CC Winstone 2K in that it only runs a single application at a time. This results in a slight shift of the performance dependency from memory performance to the rest of the system as a whole (although memory performance is definitely still a factor).

This allows the 825MHz overclock to be pushed to the top of the list with a very impressive SYSMark 2000 score of 163. However on a clock for clock basis the 694X platform is still outperformed by the BX. This would be a definite downside to going with the 694X (Apollo Pro 133A) if it weren't for the fact that the BX chipset, with it's lack of a 1/2 AGP clock divider, isn't as good of a solution for overclocking using 133MHz+ FSB settings.

Realistically speaking, on a BX board with an AGP card not capable of running at 89MHz (133MHz FSB * 2/3 AGP divider = 89MHz) would most likely limit FC-PGA overclockers to speed below 700MHz. When you can hit 733 - 825MHz relatively easily on an official 133MHz FSB platform, the Apollo Pro 133A is definitely worth it, in spite of the fact that it is slower than the BX.