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AOpen n250a-FR Socket 754 Motherboard Review
AOpen n250a-FR Socket 754 Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
his board supports any Socket 754 AMD Athlon64 or any of AMD's new budget 32-bit AMD Sempron processors.
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External Mfg. Website: AOpen Feb 16 2005   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: PCMark04, 3DMark2001

PCMark04 Source: FutureMark

The latest version of the popular PCMark series, PCMark04 is an application-based benchmark and a premium tool for measuring overall PC performance. It uses portions of real applications instead of including whole applications or using specifically created code. This allows PCMark04 to maintain a smaller installation size while still giving accurate results.

PCMark04:
Overall Points Ranking
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) A64 4000+ 4927
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) A64 4000+ 5024
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ 4804
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ 4055
AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+ 4193
CPU Points Ranking
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) A64 4000+ 4563
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) A64 4000+ 4564
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ 4552
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ 3794
AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+ 3800
Memory Points Ranking
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) A64 4000+ 4994
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) A64 4000+ 5757
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ 4968
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ 3705
AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+ 3705

While there is a marked difference between the 3200+ systems and the 4000+ systems on this test, the performance of the AOpen n250a-FR is still decent, and it establishes itself again as the better of the two socket 754 systems in this test.

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
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) A64 4000+ 28127
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) A64 4000+ 27766
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ 27601
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ 24479
AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+ 25481

I was pleasantly surprised by the 3D performance of the AOpen n250a-FR motherboard in 3DMark2001. The overall score is not that far behind the more expensive systems, great news for gamers on a budget!

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Contents of Article: AOpen n250a-FR
 Pg 1.  AOpen n250a-FR Socket 754 Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Overclocking and BIOS
 Pg 3.  Benchmarks: SYSmark2004
 Pg 4.  Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Winbench 99
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, Super Pi
 Pg 6.  — Benchmarks: PCMark04, 3DMark2001
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: 3DMark05, AquaMark03
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: Comanche 4, X2: The Threat, UT2003
 Pg 9.  Benchmarks: UT2004, Doom 3
 Pg 10.  A Great Board for Budget Users

 
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