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MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Motherboard Review
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
This board can use any Socket 939 Athlon64/FX processor and can be stuffed with up to 4GB of PC3200 DDR RAM.
 82% Rating:   
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External Mfg. Website: MSI Apr 12 2005   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: Comanche 4, X2: The Threat, UT2003

Comanche 4 Source: Novalogic

The Comanche 4 benchmark demo is a unique test as it represents a real-world gaming experience. It contains the single player "Eagle's Talon" mission from the game as well as a detailed cinematic. This DirectX 8.1 benchmark demo will measure your system's performance in the standard frames per second format. The benchmark was run with audio disabled.

Comanche 4
640x480 FPS Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 78.26
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 79.88
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 79.51
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 80.38
Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 (K8T890 200/400) 80.71
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 80.54
Epox EP-9NPA+ (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 81.46
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 79.87
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 81.83
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 79.74
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400) 82.03
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 80.77

The MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum is able to break the 80 FPS barrier, which is very good.

X2: The Threat Source: Egosoft

A completely rewritten 3D engine based on DirectX8 encompasses many visual effects such as volumetric Nebulae (gas clouds) that have a real impact in the game (you can hide in them) and many new engine, shield, weapon and explosion effects. Objects cast real dynamic 3D shadows! Dynamic DP3 bump mapping allows a previously unseen level of detail.

X2 The Threat
640x480 FPS Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 189.189
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 192.078
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 198.56
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 208.974
Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 (K8T890 200/400) 210.275
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 197.482
Epox EP-9NPA+ (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 175.761
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 198.145
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 211.237
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 202.143
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400) 185.347
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 172.74

I'm not sure why the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum got such a low framerate in X2: The Threat. I reran the benchmark a few times to verify the numbers...

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 - Flyby:
640x480 FPS Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 342.59
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 353.64
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 346.19
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 352.72
Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 (K8T890 200/400) 355.06
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 357.07
Epox EP-9NPA+ (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 356.366
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 349.53
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 364.11
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 348.59
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400) 361.62
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 346.29
UT2003 - Botmatch:
640x480 FPS Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 107.93
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 111.36
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 109.58
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 111.01
Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 (K8T890 200/400) 111.74
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 112.15
Epox EP-9NPA+ (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 112.07
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 109.88
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 115.15
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 109.79
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400) 114.12
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 109.04

UT2003 framerates are pretty good for the K8N Neo4 Platinum.

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Contents of Article: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
 Pg 1.  MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Some more info on the K8N Neo4 Platinum
 Pg 3.  BIOS Features
 Pg 4.  Benchmarks: SYSmark 2004
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Winbench 99
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, Super Pi
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: PCMark04, 3DMark2001SE
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: 3DMark05, AquaMark3
 Pg 9.  — Benchmarks: Comanche 4, X2: The Threat, UT2003
 Pg 10.  Benchmarks: UT2004, Doom 3
 Pg 11.  A good well rounded option

 
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