Next up is the Memory Bandwidth scores, again tested in SiSoft Sandra.

You can clearly see an increase from the A7V266 to the AT7 Max when useing PC2100. The AT7 Max seems to communicate a lot faster than the A7V266 in both instances. Running the AT7 Max with the PC2700 and an FSB of 166mhz really shows the true potential here with the scores rocketing ahead of the other 2 results. Very nice performance from the AT7 Max.

PCMark 2002

Next up is PCMark 2002 from MadOnion.

PCMark again shows that the AT7 Max puts in a good performance, with a decent increase over the A7V266. It's clear that increasing the FSB to 166mhz with PC2700 ram offers a clear boost here, with the memory scores not being held back with slower communication between the Northbridge and CPU.

3DMark 2001 SE

This benchmark, again from MadOnion, tests your computers graphical prowess. The test was run at the default settings, 3 times with the average taken for each.

The results speak for themselves here. There is only a very marginal difference between the A7V266 and AT7 Max with PC2100. This is to be expected as this test will stress the graphics card more than the subsystems. Increasing the FSB to 166mhz, yet again shows a definite increase of nearly 700 marks.

Quake III Arena

This is a game that is getting a little old but still provides a good benchmark system. Point release 1.31 was used and Demo Four was run three times under each configuration, with the averages used for the results.

Here the AT7 Max shows a nice boost over the A7V266, adding another 8 FPS to the PC2100 scores. Going to the PC2700 offers the biggest boost, with just over a 20 fps increase from the A7V266.

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