The headings list the major components of the machines we bought to re-equip the 3rd year lab in summer 2002. The text consists of quotes taken from the web-sites listed.
As you might expect, the most obvious change is that most components are bigger and/or faster. However, I still find the magnitude of the changes surprising - the CPU is roughly 4 times faster, the RAM 4 times as big and 2 times as fast, the hard disc 10 times bigger and 2 or 3 times faster, etc.
What do the 2200+, 2100+, 2000+, 1900+, 1800+ and 1700+ numbers mean?
These are model numbers. AMD identifies the AMD Athlon XP processor using model numbers, as opposed to megahertz, such as the 2200+, 2100+, 2000+, 1900+, 1800+ and 1700+ versions. Model numbers are designed to communicate the relative application performance among the various AMD Athlon XP processors. The AMD Athlon XP processor 2200+ can outperform an Intel Pentium AE 4 processor operating at 2.2GHz on a broad array of end-user applications.
AMD Athlon XP processor 2000+ operates at a frequency of 1.67GHz.
GA-7VRXP PROCESSOR
Socket A for AMD Athlon [tm]XP / Athlon [tm]/ Duron [tm]processorCHIPSET
VIA KT333 / 8233A(CE) chipset Northbridge : VIA VT8367 Southbridge : VIA VT8233A(CE) VIA V-Link architecture (266MB/s) VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 controller Super I/O : ITE IT8705F Smart I/O : Winbond Smart@IO (Smart Card, Memory Stick) Promise PDC20276 ATA 133 RAID controller Raeltek 8100BL Ethernet 10/100Mb LAN controller Creative CT5880 PCI sound controller Dual BIOSMEMORY
Type : DDR333 (PC2700) / DDR266 (PC2100) / DDR200 (PC1600) - 184pin Max capacity : Up to 3GB by 3 DIMM slots(DDR266/200)SLOT
1 x AGP universal slot (4X/2X-AGP 2.0 compliant) 5 x PCI slots (PCI 2.2 compliant) 1 x FDD port 4 x UDMA ATA133/100/66 Bus Master IDE ports 1 x 2ports USB 1.1 connector (by cable with rear USB bracket) 2 x 2ports USB 2.0 connector (by cable with rear USB bracket) Memory Stick / Security Digital (MMC) / Smart Card Reader connectors 2 x cooling fan pin headerI/O
PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse 2 x USB 1.1 ports 2 x COM ports 1 x RJ45 LAN port Audio (1 x Line-in / 1 x Line-out / 1 x Mic) connector 1 x joystickPOWER
ATX power connector Power-off by Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP shut down and SwitchFORM FACTOR
ATX Dimension : ( 23.5 x 30.4 cm )H/W MONITORING
System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS H/W detect & report power-in voltage, CPU voltage, and Fan SpeedBIOS
Dual AMI BIOS, 2 x 2M bit flash ROM AMI BIOS with enhanced ACPI feature for PC98/Win98/Win2000/WinMe/XP compliance, Green, PnP, DMI, INT13 (>8.4GB) and Anti-Virus functions IDE#1~#4, SCSI, LS120, ZIP and CD-ROM bootable AC recovery ON/OFF controlOTHER FEATURES
Suspend-To-RAM (STR) Supports USB KB/MS Wake up from S3 Poly fuse for keyboard over-current protection=DRIVER
VIA 4 in 1 service pack utility Promise RAID controller driver ( includes pure ATA133 driver ) Realtek LAN driver Creative sound driver VIA USB 2.0 driver Winbond Smart IO driver Free software
ST380020A U Series 80020 80 GB Ultra ATA/100 5400 RPM 8.9 ms avg ST380021A Barracuda ATA IV 80 GB Ultra ATA 7200 RPM 9.5 ms avg ST380023A Barracuda ATA V 80 GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 RPM 9 ms avg [ST380023AS Barracuda Serial ATA V 80 GB Serial ATA 7200 RPM 9 ms avg]
Abit x4 AGP 64Mb Nvidia Geforce2 MX 400 2D and 3D Accelerator Graphics Chipset: Geforce2 MX400 Nvidia 256-bit Hi Performance 2D and 3D accelerator engine equipped AGP 2X/4X Support, AGP texturing, Fast Writes Support. Integrated 350MHz RAMDAC, resolution up to 2048 x 1536 @75Hz Equipped 64MB SDRAM 128 bit bus Interface running at 166MHz. 200 MHz core clock, 400 million pixels /sec, 800 million texel /sec fill rate 2.7GB/sec memory bandwidth Second generation transform and lighting (T&L) engines DirectX, OpenGL Optimizations Support and S3 texture compression 32-bit Z/stencil buffer Complete support for DirectX 7.0and DirectX 6.0, Direct 5.0 TV out (Siluro T200 only) Digital video output by integrated NTSC/PAL encoders Complete S-VHS & Composite Video-Output Ports support High quality DVD Playback High-Definition Video Professor (HDTV) for Full-screen Video playback of 720p and DVD resolution. Advanced support for DirectDraw Hardware color space conversion (YUV 4:2:2 and 4:2:0) 5-tap horizontal by 3-tap vertical filtering 8:1 up scaling and downscaling Per-pixel color keying Multiple video windows with hardware color space conversion and filtering DVD sub-picture alpha blended composition Video acceleration for DirectShow, MPEG-1, MPEG-2