NVIDIA's nForce2 Ultra Boosts AthlonXP's Chipset Power Base

Test System

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Processor
Socket 462AthlonXP 3200+ (2200 MHz, 512 kB L2-Cache)
Memory
AMD AthlonXP2x Corsair TwinX CMX512-3200LL (XMS3205 V1.2)512 MB per DIMMCL 2.0 - tRCD 3 - tRP 2 - tRAS 6
Motherboards
NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Rev. 2.0BIOS : C1007 (2.205 MHz)
NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 GbnVIDIA Reference MotherboardBIOS : 4.42 (2.200 MHz)
System Hardware
Graphics CardAsus A9800XT/DVD, Rev. 1.01GPU : ATI Radeon 9800XT, 412 MHz Chip ClockMemory : 128 MB DDR-SDRAM, 365 MHz Chip Clock
Sound CardTerratec Aureon 7.1 Space
Hard DriveWestern Digital WD800JB, 80 GB80 GB Per Platter, 7200 rpm, 8 MB Cache
Network Controllers3COM 3C996B-T PCI-X Controller on Dual Xeon 2.8 GHzfor network testing
Software
Chipset SoftwareNVIDIA Platform Driver 4.24
Graphics DriverATI Catalyst 4.4 (7.97 / 6.14.10.6436)
Network DriversBroadcom BCM5705 Driver Build 7.35a
DirectX Version9.0b
OSWindows XP Professional 5.1.2600Service Pack 1