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Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI Motherboard Review
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
The GA-K8N Ultra-SLI includes an additional four channel Serial ATA/RAID controller, two Gigabit NICs, IEEE 1394b, 7.1-channel audio, SPDIF in/out...
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External Mfg. Website: Gigabyte Mar 08 2005   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: PCMark04, 3DMark2001

PCMark04 Source: FutureMark

The latest version of the popular PCMark series, PCMark04 is an application-based benchmark and a premium tool for measuring overall PC performance. It uses portions of real applications instead of including whole applications or using specifically created code. This allows PCMark04 to maintain a smaller installation size while still giving accurate results.

PCMark04:
Overall Points Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 4804
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 5042
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 4992
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 4943
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 4927
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 5024
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 4924
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 5034
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 4874
Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 (K8T890 200/400) 4874
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 4924
CPU Points Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 4552
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 4620
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 4558
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 4546
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 4563
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 4564
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 4578
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 4609
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 4545
Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 (K8T890 200/400) 4514
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 4550
Memory Points Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 4968
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 5737
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 5043
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 4984
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 4994
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 5757
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 5017
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 5790
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 5616
Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 (K8T890 200/400) 5646
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 4982

The Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI is dragged down here due to the lower than average memory score. I'm not sure why memory performance on Gigabyte SLI motherboards is so low.

3DMark2001 Source: FutureMark

By combining DirectX8 support with completely new graphics, 3DMark 2001 SE continues to provide a good overall system benchmark. 3DMark2001 SE was created in co-operation with the major 3D accelerator and processor manufacturers to provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using real-world gaming technology to test a system's true abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders, Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping, support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests using Ipion real-time physics. Higher 3DMark scores denote better performance.

3DMark2001SE:
Motherboards: Points Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 27601
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 29144
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 28908
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 28383
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 28127
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 27766
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT) 27429
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI) 21860
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT) 28976
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI) 23676
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 28268
Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 (K8T890 200/400) 28195
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT) 27141
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI) 21698

The Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI motherboard comes last here in 3DMark, although only by a little.

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Contents of Article: Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI
 Pg 1.  Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Fully Featured Motherboard
 Pg 3.  SATA II and SLI
 Pg 4.  How does it overclock?
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: SYSmark 2004
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Winbench 99
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra 2004, Super Pi
 Pg 8.  — Benchmarks: PCMark04, 3DMark2001
 Pg 9.  Benchmarks: 3DMark05, AquaMark3
 Pg 10.  Benchmarks: Comanche 4, X2: The Threat, UT2003
 Pg 11.  Benchmarks: UT2004, Doom 3
 Pg 12.  Lots of good useful features!

 
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