Doom 3
takes advantage of the latest videocard technology and pushes the processing
power of the CPU to its absolute limit. At its highest setting, Ultra quality,
texture sizes pass the 500MB mark which means even tomorrow's videocards will
have a hard time running everything. The frame rates in the game itself are
locked at 60 fps so anything above that point is wasted. Each test is run three
times with the third run being recorded.
| Doom3 |
| LQ 640x480: |
FPS |
Ranking |
| Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) |
125.7 |
   |
| MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400) |
110.4 |
|
| Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra
200/400) |
124.7 |
|
| MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX
Single) |
127.5 |
|
| MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX
SLI) |
127.8 |
|
| DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400
7800GTX Single) |
127 |
|
| DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400
7800GTX SLI) |
125.1 |
|
| DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX
Single) |
126.9 |
|
| DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX
SLI) |
127.5 |
|
| Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX
Single) |
124.3 |
|
| Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) |
122.2 |
|
| ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 (ULi M1695 200/400 7800GTX
Single) |
125.2 |
   |
| ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 (ULi M1695 200/400 7800GTX
SLI) |
123.8 |
|
In the last benchmark of the suite, Doom 3, the ASRock
939SLI32-eSATA2 finishes things off quite nicely with framerates as high as the
nForce4 SLI competition.
Final Impressions on this
Asrock Motherboard...
ASRock has an appealing solution here because it offers users computer
hardware that has the potential to outlive its original processor generation.
The Future CPU slot makes it possible for the ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2
motherboard to support socket AM2 via a daughter card, when AMD's DDR-2 Athlon64
processor is introduced later this year. The only question we're left
wondering about is just how available will these Future CPU sockets be?
With a retail price of $111 CDN ($95 USD/£54 GBP), the ASRock
939SLI32-eSATA2 offers value seekers a lot of bang for the buck. The performance
of the motherboard is quite good, it support SLI, dishes out eSATA options, and
supports just about everything you need to make a well featured computer. It may
not be the easiest motherboard to install, but it isn't so complicated
either.
Despite costing less than half of some of the other
motherboards we've tested recently, the ASRock motherboard had no problems keeping up with the likes
of the MSI K8N Diamond Plus or DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert. Both of those
boards are among the fastest Athlon64 motherboards on the market this year.
If you're in the market for a budget motherboard that
has future upgradability in mind, the ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 offers a very
unique SLI-compatible solution to this recurring dilemma.
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