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Albatron KX18D Pro II Motherboard Review
Albatron KX18D Pro II Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
The nForce2 has held top spot in the AMD chipset world for the last year without much effort.
 92% Rating:   
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External Mfg. Website: Albatron Sep 03 2003   C. Sun  
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System Spec's and Benchmarks

pcstats test system specs:

computer hardware:

processor:

athlonxp 3200+

clock speed:

11 x 200 mhz = 2.2 ghz

9.5 x 230 mhz = 2.19 ghz

motherboards:

epox 8rga+
gigabyte ga-7vt600 1394
albatron kx18d pro ii

chipsets:

nforce2 igp
kt600
nforce2 ultra 400

videocard:

ati radeon 9700 pro

memory:

2x 256mb corsair xms3500 cas2

hard drive: 20gb maxtor diamondmax+
cdrom: nec 52x cd-rom
floppy:

panasonic 1.44mb floppy drive

heatsink: thermalright sk6 w/36cfm delta
powersupply: vantec 470w stealth psu
software setup windowsxp build 2600
nvidia nforce 2.03
via 4in1 4.48
catalyst 3.6
workstation benchmarks

sysmark2002
business winstone 2002
content creation 2002
superpi
povray
sisoft sandra 2003
pcmark2002
3dmark2001se
quake iii arena
ut2003

BAPCO Sysmark 2002 Source:Futuremark / BAPco

SysMark2002 is more of an extension of SysMark2001 rather then a whole new benchmark. The applications used during testing have been updated and most importantly for AMD users, the new SysMark2002 uses the Windows Media Encoder 7.1 which supports the AthlonXP's SSE instructions.

BapCo SysMark 2002 Benchmark Results
Internet Content (FSB/Memory) Sysmarks Ranking
1. 8RGA+ - 200/400 343
2. GA-7VT600 - 200/400 330
3. KX18D Pro II - 200/400 343
4. KX18D Pro II - 230/460 356

Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)

1. 8RGA+ - 200/400 210
2. GA-7VT600 - 200/400 206
3. KX18D Pro II - 200/400 212
4. KX18D Pro II - 230/460 224

At stock speeds the KX18D Pro II runs about the same speed as the Epox 8RGA+. When overclocked, despite running the processor a bit slower, the board is still able to score quite a bit higher than the competition!

Winstone 2002 Source: Zdnet

Content Creation Winstone 2002 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running top, Windows-based, 32-bit, content creation applications on Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Windows XP.

Business Winstone 2002 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running today's top-selling Windows-based 32-bit applications on Windows 98, Windows 2000 (SP6 or later), Windows Me, or Windows XP. Business Winstone doesn't mimic what these packages do; it runs real applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC takes to complete those activities to produce its performance scores.

Winstone 2002 Benchmark Results
Content Content (FSB/Memory) Score Ranking
1. 8RGA+ - 200/400 36.6
2. GA-7VT600 - 200/400

36.5

3. KX18D Pro II - 200/400 37.6
4. KX18D Pro II - 230/460 39.2

Business Winstone (FSB/Memory)

1. 8RGA+ - 200/400 50.4
2. GA-7VT600 - 200/400 49.4
3. KX18D Pro II - 200/400 52.5
4. KX18D Pro II - 230/460 55.6

There's little doubt that the nForce2 is faster than VIA's KT600. The KX18D Pro II squeaks out the lead at stock, and blows everything else away when overclocked.

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Contents of Article: Albatron KX18D Pro II
 Pg 1.  Albatron KX18D Pro II Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Around the board in 80ns
 Pg 3.  Socket Clearances
 Pg 4.  Overclocking and BIOS
 Pg 5.  — System Spec's and Benchmarks
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: Winbench 99, SiSoft Sandra 2003
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: PCMark2002, 3DMark2001SE
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: Quake III Arena, UT2003
 Pg 9.  Wow, this board is fast!

 
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