CPUID
Test Systems
- Units:
- Shuttle SB51G/SN41G2
- Soltek QBIC
- MSI MEGA PC
- CPU: Intel P4 2.8GHz at 533MHz FSB
- Cooling: Intel Retail heatsink and fan combo
- Memory: Crucial 2X256 PC3200 DDRSDRAM 2.5ns CAS
- DVD: Toshiba 16X IDE ATA33
- Video: ASUS Ti4200 128MB 8X
The performance of the MEGA PC was above or on par with that of its fellow units and with a difference of only two to three percent anyways that is good enough for almost any standard users needs. I will say that the games and music all worked well and within the range of what would be expected of a system of say three times its size so I was pleased at how well it worked in real time applications as well as the test scores seen here in these graphs.
On-board video was used but only to make sure it worked as lets face it any office jockey or web surfer does not purchase a unit like this for its gaming ability, especially in cases where they are using the on-board sound and video so why waste web space showing the meager 3D results that almost any enthusiast will just ignore anyway. The VGA card when installed in the AGP slot will automatically disable the on-board VGA solution but the sound must be manually disabled in the BIOS if you want to use an inline PCI solution such as the Creative Audigy series of sound cards instead.
