Test Setup
I'm sorry to say that the performance evaluation was one of the most boring jobs I've ever done. The boards scored almost identically and the tiny differences I found are hardly worth mentioning.
System Setup
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Platform | AMD |
Processor | AMD Athlon 650 |
Memory | 128 MB Crucial TechnologyPC133 ECC SDRAM |
Graphic | Diamond Viper V770Ultra,NVIDIA reference driver 2.08 |
Hard Disk | Western Digital WDAC 4180000 EIDEDMA mode enabled |
Network | Netgear FA310TX |
Operation System | Windows 98,Resolution 1024x768x16at 85Hz |
I decided to run BAPCo's Sysmark98 and four 3D-games to find out performance differences between the motherboards. For Quake2 I ran crusher.dm2, for Quake3 q3demo1 at 'normal'-settings. Shogo used our own 'fortress'-demo and Expendable was run in 'timedemo'-mode.