TargetPC : Tyan Tomcat i815T Motherboard

Mad Onion's 3D Mark 2000

Tyan Tomcat i815T

6717

We've been spoiled with higher scores lately. I had to go back to see that the non DDR board we reviewed from Soltek scored 7223. 3D Mark 2000 uses DirectX 7 so this may not be as accurate a comparison for today's games. You can download 3D Mark 2000 here.

Mad Onion's 3D Mark 2001

Tyan Tomcat i815T

3184

3D Mark 2001 is a remarkably intense program for benchmarking. Interestingly the Soltek SL-75KAV (no DDR) scored 2871. I'm quite surprised by the results using both 3D Mark utilities. I hadn't expected to see a flip-flop between these two benchmarks with these boards. You can download 3D Mark 2001 here.

Quake 3 Arena

Tyan i815T	640 x 480	800 x 600	1280 x 1024
Fastest	147.7	147.1	126.3
Normal	140.0	139.2	111.7
High Quality	139.8	137.3	67.1

Soltek SL-75KAV	640 x 480	800 x 600	1280 x 1024
Fastest	156.7	148.3	124.0
Normal	139.3	136.8	109.7
High Quality	135.7	130.9	64.6

Here another good comparison. What is unusual is that in the lowest resolutions at the lower quality settings the VIA based board has a distinct advantage. That is quickly lost in every other resolution. Also, the Tomcat's numbers are definately being held back by the video card as we can see the similarity in the scores at 640x480 and 800x600. Notice how little the scores change in those resolutions between the normal and high-quality settings.