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ECS KN1-SLI Extreme nForce 4-SLI Motherboard Review
ECS KN1-SLI Extreme nForce 4-SLI Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
Onboard data connections consist of IEEE 1394a Firewire which hums away at 800Mbps, a 7.1-channel audio codec, Gigabit and 10/100 NICs, and an additional Serial ATA II/RAID controller.
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External Mfg. Website: ECS Sep 29 2005   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, 3DMark05

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
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 27712
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400) 26165
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 27900
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 27963
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 31156
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 27941
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 31130
ECS KN1-SLI Extreme (NF4 SLI 200/400 GeForce 7800GTX Single) 28311
ECS KN1-SLI Extreme (NF4 SLI 200/400 GeForce 7800GTX SLI) 31340

All the numbers are very close here in 3DMark2001 and the ECS motherboard does very well. In fact it's able to get the top score both with single and dual videocards. Remarkable!

3DMark05 Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is the latest version of the highly favoured 3DMark graphics benchmarking series. It is the first benchmark to require DirectX®9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 or higher.

3DMark05
Overall: Points Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 7588
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400) 7568
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 7676
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 7681
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 11697
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 7672
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 11578
ECS KN1-SLI Extreme (NF4 SLI 200/400 GeForce 7800GTX Single) 7646
ECS KN1-SLI Extreme (NF4 SLI 200/400 GeForce 7800GTX SLI) 11605
CPU: Points Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 5044
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400) 4881
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 5549
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 5513
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 5416
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 5499
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 5227
ECS KN1-SLI Extreme (NF4 SLI 200/400 GeForce 7800GTX Single) 5440
ECS KN1-SLI Extreme (NF4 SLI 200/400 GeForce 7800GTX SLI) 5418

Things are very close in 3DMark05 as well, not surprising considering this is mainly a videocard test. It is nice to see the Switchless ECS KN1-SLI Extreme can keep up with the competition when running two videocards.

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Contents of Article: ECS KN1-SLI Extreme
 Pg 1.  ECS KN1-SLI Extreme nForce 4-SLI Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Onboard options and functionality
 Pg 3.  Overclocking the motherboard and BIOS
 Pg 4.  Benchmarks: SYSMark 2004
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Winbench 99
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, Super Pi
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: PCMark04, PCMark05
 Pg 8.  — Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, 3DMark05
 Pg 9.  Benchmarks: Comanche 4, X2: The Threat
 Pg 10.  Benchmarks: UT2003, UT2004
 Pg 11.  Benchmarks: Doom 3 and Conclusion

 
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