SiS 648 - Taking Advantage of the P4 Situation

Unreal Tournament 2003 Performance - Medium Detail

Gaming Performance Unreal Tournament 2003 - DM-Asbestos 640x480 Medium Detail Intel 850E (PC1066) VIA P4X400 (DDR333) SiS 648 (DDR400) SiS 648 (DDR333) VIA P4X333 (DDR333) Intel 845E (DDR266) SiS 645DX (DDR333) VIA P4X400 (DDR400) 244.2 200.4 199.5 199.2 199.0 198.5 198.4 197.8 | 0 | 49 | 98 | 147 | 195 | 244 | 293

When the GPU isn't providing the major limitation in the game the 850E has the potential to truly shine and its massive bandwidth advantage puts the rest of the solutions to shame. We're not exactly sure why there's such a large performance gap between the 850E with PC1066 and the rest of the contenders but it's definitely noticeable.

Gaming Performance Unreal Tournament 2003 - DM-Asbestos 1024x768 Medium Detail VIA P4X400 (DDR400) Intel 850E (PC1066) SiS 648 (DDR400) SiS 648 (DDR333) SiS 645DX (DDR333) VIA P4X333 (DDR333) Intel 845E (DDR266) VIA P4X400 (DDR333) 178.9 178.6 170.7 170.6 169.8 169.7 169.6 168.3 | 0 | 36 | 72 | 107 | 143 | 179 | 215

Cranking up the resolution changes the picture significantly; the 850E loses its massive lead and is constrained by the GPU, giving the VIA P4X400 the slight lead. The SiS 648 is in the top three but this time isn't the fastest of all of the contenders.