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Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra Motherboard Review
Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
In the Pentium 4 world there haven't really been many real mainstream alternatives to Intel's own chipsets, that is until very recently.
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External Mfg. Website: Gigabyte Dec 17 2003   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: Quake III Arena, UT2003

Quake III Arena

Source: ID Software

Quake III Arena is a First Person Shooter (FPS) that revolutionized gaming as we know it. Using multiple light sources and having graphics textures that can fill videocards.

Quake III Arena Fastest demo001 (SYSTEM)
Processor FPS Ranking
1. P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8KNXP (200/400) 497.6
2. P4 3.0C/Asus P4C800-DLX (200/400) 495.6
3. P4 3.0C/MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R (200/400) 456.4
4. P4 3.0C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400) 489.3
5. P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (200/400) 503.3
6. P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (210/420) 524.3

Quake III Arena Fastest nv15demo (CPU STRESS)
Processor FPS Ranking
1. P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8KNXP (200/400) 140.7
2. P4 3.0C/Asus P4C800-DLX (200/400) 137.5
3. P4 3.0C/MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R (200/400) 122.6
4. P4 3.0C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400) 132.7
5. P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (200/400) 141
6. P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (210/420) 146.3

The older 655FX lost out to the i875P by the slimmest margins but it's nice to see that the SiS 655TX is faster.

Unreal Tournament 2003

Source: Epic

Unreal Tournament 2003 is the sequel to 1999's multiple 'Game of the Year' award winner. It uses the very latest Unreal Engine technology - where graphics, sound and game play are taken beyond the bleeding edge. Unreal Tournament 2003 employs the use of Vertex as well as Pixel Shaders and it's recommended that you use a DirectX 8 videocard to get the most out of the game.

UT2003 Demo 640x480 Flyby
Video Card FPS Ranking
1. P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8KNXP (200/400) 250.99
2.

P4 3.0C/Asus P4C800-DLX (200/400)

248.16
3. P4 3.0C/MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R (200/400)

231.1

4. P4 3.0C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400) 242.61
5. P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-(200/400) 250.51
6. P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (210/420) 260.99

UT2003 Demo 640x460 Botmatch
Video Card FPS Ranking
1. P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8KNXP (200/400) 83.71
2.

P4 3.0C/Asus P4C800-DLX (200/400)

83.45
3. P4 3.0C/MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R (200/400) 77.44
4. P4 3.0C/SiS 655FX Ref Board (200/400) 81.06
5. P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (200/400) 83.06
6. P4 3.0C/Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra (210/420) 86.59

The i875P and the SiS 655TX based Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra is neck and neck here in UT2003. The tweaked memory controller really improves performance just that little bit more.

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Contents of Article: Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra
 Pg 1.  Gigabyte GA-8S655TX Ultra Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Memory and Northbridge Cooling
 Pg 3.  Scooping out the GA-8S655TX Ultra
 Pg 4.  BIOS and Overclocking
 Pg 5.  System Spec's and Benchmarks:
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: Winbench99, SiSoft Sandra
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: PCMark2002, 3DMark2001
 Pg 8.  — Benchmarks: Quake III Arena, UT2003
 Pg 9.  SIS and the Gigabyte 8S655TX Ultra

 
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