VIA Apollo Pro 133: A Camino Preview
by Anand Lal Shimpi on August 16, 1999 6:03 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
Business Application Performance
Chipset (Mem/FSB) |
Business Winstone 99 | Avid Cinema* | Adobe Photodeluxe 3.1* | Naturally Speaking Prof 3.52* | Netshow Encoder 3.0* | Photoshop 5.0* |
| Intel 440BX (100/100) | 26.3 | 104.6 | 96.7 | 286.8 | 163.8 | 108.2 |
| VIA Apollo Pro 133 (100/100) | 26.3 | 112.8 | 102.5 | 326 | 156.9 | 103.2 |
| VIA Apollo Pro 133 (100/133) | 26.4 | 106.1 | 99 | 312 | 152.1 | 102.8 |
| VIA Apollo Pro 133 (133/100) | 26.3 | 106.6 | 99.4 | 316.5 | 151.4 | 101.8 |
| VIA Apollo Pro 133 (133/133) | 26.4 | 104 | 96.5 | 293.4 | 147.2 | 101.1 |
| VIA Apollo Pro Plus (100/100) | 26 | 113.1 | 106.7 | 334.6 | 160.8 | 105.6 |
* Scores are Time in Seconds, lower is better
As you can see, for business applications, the 133MHz FSB gives the Apollo Pro 133 the advantage over the Intel BX. Also, the memory timings have definitely improved keeping the Apollo Pro 133 on par with the Intel BX even when using the 100MHz FSB/Memory clock.
The 133MHz FSB comes in handy with streaming video and the 133MHz memory bus clock comes in handy with video editing applications that are dependent on streaming memory accesses as well, giving the Apollo Pro 133 the lead, albeit a small one, over the Intel BX.
Adobe Photodeluxe, an image editing package (sort of like Photoshop lite), benefits more from a faster FSB than a faster memory bus, which keeps the Apollo Pro 133 on top, followed by the Intel BX which is not that far behind due to better overall performance. It wouldn't be surprising to see the Camino come out on top of all of the contenders here, but for actual numbers we'll just have to wait and see.
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