Test System Setup

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 4000+

Memory: 2x 512MB Corsair DDR-400

Hard Disk: 2x Seagate 7200.8 (Supplied by Seagate)

Graphics Card: ATI Radeon X800XT Platinum (Supplied by ASUS)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP SP2

Today we're going to be comparing the new M1967 against the older M1965 chipset to see what has changed in terms of performance.

We can already see a bunch of new features added to the new chipset but what about performance? Let's find out!

SiSoft Sandra

Version and / or Patch Used: 2005 SR3a

Developer Homepage: http://www.sisoftware.co.uk

Product Homepage: http://sisoftware.jaggedonline.com/index.php?location=home&a=TTA&lang=en

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SiSoft Sandra (System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is a synthetic Windows benchmark that features different tests used to evaluate different PC subsystems.

Memory scores are identical across the board due to the memory controller being based on the CPU rather than the chipset like in Pentium systems.