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MSI K7N2-L nForce2 Motherboard Review
MSI K7N2-L nForce2 Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
nVIDIA's original nForce chipset had lots of potential and made a lot of promises, but in the end it fizzled out big time.
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External Mfg. Website: MSI Jan 30 2003   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: Sysmark 2002

pcstats test system specs:

Computer Hardware:

Processor: AthlonXP 2700+
Clock Speed:

13 x 166 = 2.16 GHz

Motherboards: DFI AD77 Infinity
MSI K7N2-L
Chipsets: VIA KT400
nVIDIA nForce2
Videocard:

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

Memory:

2x 256MB Corsair XMS3500 CAS2

Hard Drive: 20GB Maxtor DiamondMAX+
CDROM: NEC 52x CD-ROM
Floppy:

Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Drive

Heatsink: Thermalright SK6 w/37 CFM YS Tech
PowerSupply: Vantec 470W Stealth PSU
Software Setup WindowsXP Build 2600
VIA Hyperion 4.45
nVIDIA nForce 2.00
Catalyst 2.5
Benchmarks

SysMark 2002
Business Winstone 2002
Content Creation 2002
Winbench 99
SiSoft Sandra 2002
PCMark2002
3DMark2001SE
Quake III Arena

8x AGP was functioning properly on both motherboards.

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. AD77 Infinity - 166/333 266
2. K7N2-L - 166/400 274
3. K7N2-L - 175/350 295

Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)

1. AD77 Infinity - 166/333 171
2. K7N2-L - 166/400 176
3. K7N2-L - 175/350 183

SysMark 2002 seems to favor the K7N2 quite a bit more then the KT400 based motherboard. In the Office Productivity portion of the benchmark the performance is much closer.

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Contents of Article: MSI K7N2-L
 Pg 1.  MSI K7N2-L nForce2 Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Over clocking and heatsink Clearances
 Pg 3.  The Wonderful Blue BIOS
 Pg 4.  — Benchmarks: Sysmark 2002
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: Winstone 2002, Winbench 99
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: Sandra 2003, PCMark 2002
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: 3DMark 2001, QIII Arena
 Pg 8.  nForce2 is the real deal

 
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