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MSI KT3 Ultra2-BR Bluetooth Motherboard Review
MSI KT3 Ultra2-BR Bluetooth Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
KT3 Ultra2-BR has all the goodies we've come to expect - onboard USB 2.0, 5.1 audio, five PCI slots, three DIMM's and now even Bluetooth!
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External Mfg. Website: MSI Sep 04 2002   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: Sysmark2002, Winstone

pcstats test system specs:

computer hardware:

processor: athlonxp 2000+
clock speed:

12.5 x 133 mhz = 1.66 ghz

10 x 170 mhz = 1.7 ghz

motherboards: msi kt3 ultra2-br
chipset: via kt333ce
videocard:

albatron geforce4 ti4600

memory:

256mb crucial pc2700

hard drive: 80gb samsung sv8004h
cdrom: nec 52x cd-rom
floppy:

panasonic 1.44mb floppy drive

heatsink: thermalright sk-6 w/40 cfm ys tech
powersupply: antec 400w psu
software setup windowsxp build 2600
via 4in1 4.42
detonatorxp 29.42
benchmarks

sysmark 2002
business winstone 2001
content creation 2001
winbench 99
sisoft sandra 2002 pro
pcmark2002

3dmark2001se
quake iii arena

BAPCO Sysmark 2002 Source:MadOnion / BAPco

SysMark2002 is more of an extension of SysMark2001 rather then a whole new benchmark. The applications used during testing have been updated and most importantly for AMD users, the new SysMark2002 uses the Windows Media Encoder 7.1 which supports the AthlonXP's SSE instructions.

BapCo SysMark 2002 Benchmark Results
Internet Content (FSB/Memory) Sysmarks Ranking
1. KT3 Ultra2-BR 133/333 MHz 218
2. KT3 Ultra2-BR 180/360 MHz 232

Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)

1 KT3 Ultra2-BR 133/333 MHz 152
2. KT3 Ultra2-BR 180/360 MHz 167

Here we can see that the KT3 Ultra2 when teamed up with an AthlonXP 2000+ is a pretty powerful combination.

Winstone 2001 Source: Zdnet

Content Creation Winstone 2001 keeps multiple applications open at once and switches among those applications. Content Creation Winstone 2001's activities focus on what we call "hot spots," periods of activity that make your PC really work--the times where you're likely to see an hourglass or a progress bar.

Business Winstone is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running today's Windows-based 32-bit applications on Windows 98 ME, Windows NT 4.0 (SP6 or later), Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Windows XP which runs real applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC takes to complete those activities to produce its performance scores.

Winstone 2001 Benchmark Results
Content Creation (FSB/Memory) Scores Ranking
1. KT3 Ultra2-BR 133/333 MHz 74
2. KT3 Ultra2-BR 180/360 MHz 79.5

Business Winstone (FSB/Memory)

1 KT3 Ultra2-BR 133/333 MHz 50.2
2. KT3 Ultra2-BR 180/360 MHz 56.3

Even when using old testing software like the Winstone 2001 based benchmarks, the KT3 Ultra2 still can handle it very well.

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Contents of Article: MSI KT3 Ultra2-BR
 Pg 1.  MSI KT3 Ultra2-BR Bluetooth Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  More Goodies and Overclocking
 Pg 3.  MSI Wireless Bluetooth Options
 Pg 4.  The KT3 Ultra2-BR BIOS
 Pg 5.  — Benchmarks: Sysmark2002, Winstone
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: Winbench, Sandra
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: PCMark 2002, 3DMark 2001SE
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: QIII Arena & Conclusions

 
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