VIA Apollo KX133 Athlon Chipset - Part 2

DesignReview (DRV-06) Viewset

Taken from http://www.spec.org/gpc/opc.static/drv.htm

DesignReview is a 3D computer model review package specifically tailored for plant design models consisting of piping, equipment and structural elements such as I-beams, HVAC ducting, and electrical raceways. It allows flexible viewing and manipulation of the model for helping the design team visually track progress, identify interference, locate components, and facilitate project approvals by presenting clear presentations that technical and non-technical audiences can understand. There are 6 tests specified by the viewset that represent the most common operations performed by DesignReview.

The DesignReview (DRV-06) Viewset is another 3D modeling test and as we saw from the previous test, the AMD 750 is still lagging behind. This time around the KX133 is ever so slightly edged out of first place by the Pentium III 800, but the fact that the KX133 offers a offers close to a 60% performance improvement over the AMD 750 chipset combined with the fact that this is a real world performance comparison with actual shipping motherboards makes the KX133 even more impressive.

The KX133 does help the Athlon remain competitive with the Pentium III in the areas that it was falling behind in, but as we just mentioned the main comparison is between the AMD 750 and the KX133 because, after all, this is a review of an Athlon chipset not a Pentium III chipset.