Budget And Premium Motherboards At The Crossroads
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Test Setup
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Processor | |
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Single Core CPUs | Intel Pentium 4 Processor 560 (3.6 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache) |
Memory | |
Intel Platform (DDR400) | 2x 512 MB - DDR400 (200 MHz)Corsair Pro Series CMX512-3200XL (XMS3208 V1.1)(CL2.0-2-2-5-1T @ 200 MHz) |
Intel Platform (DDR2-667) | 2x 512 MB - DDR2-667 (333 MHz)Corsair CM2X512A-5400UL (XMS5400 V1.2)(CL3-2-2-8-1T @ 333 MHz) |
Motherboards | |
Intel Platform | MSI 915PL Neo-V Rev. 1.0, BIOS 1.0)Intel 915P ChipsetMSI P4N Neo (Rev. 1.0, BIOS 1.2 )NVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition SLI Chipset |
System Hardware | |
Graphics Card (PCIe) | NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT (Reference Board)GPU : NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT (350 MHz)Memory : 256 MB DDR-SDRAM (500 MHz) |
Hard Drive | Hitachi Deskstar 7K250250 GB, 8 MB Cache, 7200 rpm |
Power Supply | Tagan TG480-U01, ATX 2.0, 480 W |
Software | |
NVIDIA Chipset Drivers | NVIDIA Forceware 7.13 |
Intel Chipset Drivers | Intel Inf 7.2.1.1003 |
Graphics Driver | NVIDIA Forceware 77.72 |
DirectX | Version : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600,Service Pack 2 |
MSI’s 915PL Neo-V is a very slim full-size ATX motherboard with support for dual channel DDR400 memory.
The P4N Diamond runs DDR2 memory.Benchmarks And Settings
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Benchmarks and Settings | |
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OpenGL | |
Doom III | Version : 1.0.12621280x1024, 32 BitVideo Quality = High Qualitydemo1Graphics detail = High Quality |
WolfensteinEnemy Territory | Version : 2.56 (Patch V 1.02)1280x1024, 32 Bittimedemo 1 / demo demo4Geometric detail = highTexture detail = high |
DirectX 8 | |
Unreal Tournament 2004 | Version : 32041280x1024, 32 Bit, Audio = offTHG8-assault-single |
3DMark2003 | Version 3.6.01024x786, 32 BitGraphics and CPU Default Benchmark |
DirectX 9 | |
FarCry | Version 1.1 Build 12561280x1024 - 32 Bitqualtity options = High |
3DMark 2005 | Version 1.01024x786, 32 BitGraphics and CPU Default Benchmark |
Video | |
Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus | Version : 9.4.1from : 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MBto : 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MBEncoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2/DVDno Audio |
Auto Gordian KnotDivX 5.2.1XviD 1.0.3 | Version : 1.95Audio = AC3 6chCustom size = 100 MBResulution settings = Fixed widthCodec = XviD and DivX 5Audio = CBR MP3, kbps 192182 MB VOB MPEG2-source |
Windows Media Encoder | Version : 9.00.00.2980720x480 DV to WMV320x240 (29.97 fps)282 kbps streaming |
Audio | |
Lame MP3 | Version 3.97.1 Multi-threaded AlphaWave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp332 - 320 kbitVBR = level 3 |
Applications | |
WinRAR | Version 3.41283 MB, 246 FilesCompression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB |
3DS Max 7 | Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"1600x1200Rendering Single |
Synthetic | |
PCMark 2005 Pro | Version : 1.0.1CPU and Memory Tests |
SiSoftware Sandra Pro | Version 2005, SR1CPU Test = Multimedia BenchmarkMemory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
ScienceMark | Version 2.0All Tests |
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