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Chaintech Zenith ZNF3-150 nForce3 Motherboard Review
Chaintech Zenith ZNF3-150 nForce3 Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
Take it from me, with the "regular" Athlon64 'K8' processor you get about 95% of the Athlon64 FX performance, for about half the price.
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External Mfg. Website: Chaintech Jan 06 2004   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: Quake III Arena, UT2003

Quake III Arena

Source: ID Software

Quake III Arena is a First Person Shooter (FPS) that revolutionized gaming as we know it. Using multiple light sources and having graphics textures that can fill videocards.

Quake III Arena Fastest demo001 (SYSTEM)
Processor FPS Ranking
1. A64 3200+/MSI K8T Neo (200/400) 493.9
2. A64 3200+/Albatron K8X800 (200/400) 496.5
3. A64 3200+/Soltek SL-K8AN-RL (200/400) 485.6
4. A64 3200+/Chaintech Zenith NF3-150(200/400) 498.3
5. A64 3200+/Chaintech Zenith NF3-150(225/450) 568.7

Quake III Arena Fastest nv15demo (CPU TESTER)
Processor FPS Ranking
1. A64 3200+/MSI K8T Neo (200/400) 127.8
2. A64 3200+/Albatron K8X800 (200/400) 128.7
3. A64 3200+/Soltek SL-K8AN-RL (200/400) 125.4
4. A64 3200+/Chaintech Zenith NF3-150(200/400) 129.6
5. A64 3200+/Chaintech Zenith NF3-150(225/450) 146.2

Despite scoring a bit lower in 3DMark than the VIA K8T800 motherboards, the Chaintech Zenith ZNF3 performs exceptionally well here.

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 Demo 640x480 Flyby
Video Card FPS Ranking
1.

A64 3200+/MSI K8T Neo (200/400)

299.5
2. A64 3200+/Albatron K8T800 (200/400) 300.96
3. A64 3200+/Soltek SL-K8AN-RL (200/400) 295.62
4. A64 3200+/Chaintech Zenith NF3-150(200/400) 301.73
5. A64 3200+/Soltek SL-K8AN-RL (219/438) 336.42

UT2003 Demo 640x460 Botmatch
Video Card FPS Ranking
1.

A64 3200+/MSI K8T Neo (200/400)

94.07
2. A64 3200+/Albatron K8T800 (200/400) 94.87
3. A64 3200+/Soltek SL-K8AN-RL (200/400) 93.86
4. A64 3200+/Chaintech Zenith NF3-150(200/400) 94.67
5. A64 3200+/Chaintech Zenith NF3-150(225/450) 105.64

All Athlon64 motherboards perform well in UT2003. Like we saw with Quake III Arena, the Chaintech Zenith ZNF3-150 does very well here as well.

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Contents of Article: Chaintech ZNF3-150
 Pg 1.  Chaintech Zenith ZNF3-150 nForce3 Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Up close with the ZNF3-150
 Pg 3.  RadEX Cooling System
 Pg 4.  Cbox3 and 7.1 Channel Audio
 Pg 5.  BIOS and Overclocking
 Pg 6.  System Spec's and Benchmarks: Winstone and Sysmark 2002
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: Winbench 99, SiSoft Sandra 2004
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: PCMark2002, 3DMark2001
 Pg 9.  — Benchmarks: Quake III Arena, UT2003
 Pg 10.  A well rounded motherboard!

 
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