Date:
Monday , August 28, 2000
Author:
Kyle Bennett
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1.13 GHz by Intel

You might remember a rash of PIII 1.13GHz Reviews posted when the NDA was lifted a couple of weeks back. We had a 1.13GHz part to show to you guys, but we held back a review. We usually reserve "postage" for things we have done instead of things that we did not do. This time we want to explain what did happen and why. Strangely enough, it includes Tom and Anand...

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The Testing:

Now here is something that will give some of you wood. Getting blessed with the presence of 3.39GHz of speed. :)

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All CPUs are "identical" for all intents and purposes. All came with an Intel stock HSF unit that was very nice and did a good job at cooling the CPUs. When we first contacted Intel about their CPU getting flaky on us, one of the first questions they asked was about temperature and if the HSF was doing it's job.

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Here are two screenshots of the 1.13GHz PIII running a Quake server. The first is Anand's, the second is Tom's. The temps range from 97.7ºF to 99.5ºF. The cpu voltage is between 1.76 to 1.78 and set at the recommended 1.8V in the bios. Both of these shots are taken running on an ABIT BE6-II. Both CPUs are running stable enough to run a Quake Server. It is my guess that the temperature is inside Intel specs. Ambient temperature in the room when these temps were taken was around 74ºF.

One thing I want to really express here is Intel's concern with this matter. They went to the trouble and expense to send an Intel Engineer to my house along with a complete i820 and another 1.13MHz CPU. Intel doing this really showed me that they are interested in finding out what exactly is going on with their parts. You have to applaud them for their efforts here, or at least I do.

Prime95

My Original CPU: Crashed ALWAYS running on both the i820 and BX platforms.

Tom's CPU: Crashed 95% of the time running on the BX platform during short intervals. Did NOT crash on the i820 ever.

Anand's CPU: Did not crash on either platform.

My Returned CPU: Did not crash on either platform.

Quake III Server

My Original CPU: Crashed occasionally running on both the i820 and BX platforms.

Tom's CPU: Did NOT crash on either platform.

Anand's CPU: Did NOT crash on either platform.

My Returned CPU: Did NOT crash on either platform.

Windows98SE Install

My Original CPU: Would NOT install Win98SE on the BX chipset board at default speed. Would install at 850MHz (8.5x100).

Tom's CPU: Test NOT RUN.

Anand's CPU: Test NOT RUN

My Returned CPU: Test NOT RUN

Sysmark2000

My Original CPU: Test NOT RUN. This due to us NOT having the benchmark at that time.

Tom's CPU: Would crash 90% of the time with RANDOM ERRORS on the i820 board.

Anand's CPU: Only crashed once and the error did not seem to lie with the CPU to me, but rather a drive error.

My Returned CPU: Test NOT RUN. This due to Intel Engineer taking our CPU back with him.

Linux Kernel Compilation

My Original CPU: Test NOT RUN. This due to us NOT having the benchmark at that time.

Tom's CPU: Would NOT complete kernel compilation.

Anand's CPU: Would NOT complete kernel compilation.

My Returned CPU: Would NOT complete kernel compilation.