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Nvidia nForce4 Ultra Mobo Shootout
[Abstract]
Features At A GlanceNow that we've completed our showcase of all eight nForce4 Ultra based motherboards, we move on towards the benchmarking and testing section of this shootout. The following ...
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Results - Futuremark PCMark04
Gigabyte's GA-K8NXP-9 displayed the best results in the CPU and Memory scores though ABIT's Fatal1ty AN8 managed the highest HDD performance score. The MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum was a very strong performer in the System and CPU tests, with only a few points behind the GA-K8NXP-9. Most of the other boards performed on par with each other and the scores basically hovered between 1% of each other, a negligible variance in real world usage.
The only large performance hit here was the EPoX EP-9NPA+ Ultra motherboard, which failed the Memory test suite. In order to complete testing, we had to use more relaxed memory timings for better stability. In the end, the board managed to complete PCMark04 testing on a DRAM Command (CMD) rate of 2T. Looking at the scores, you can see that the board took around a 12% hit in the Memory benchmark because of this.
Another point to note is the DFI LANParty UT nF4 Ultra-D and Gigabyte's GA-K8N Ultra-9 boards actually did very well in the Memory benchmarks, but were among the lowest performers in the CPU and HDD tests.
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nForce 4 SLI Mobo Roundup (2005-04-01)