 Unreal Tournament
2004 |
Source:
Epic |
|
Unreal
Tournament 2004 is the sequel to the highly popular UT2003 and uses the very
latest Unreal Engine technology. Unreal Tournament 2004 employs the use of
Vertex and Pixel Shaders and it's recommended that you use a DirectX 9 videocard
if you plan to play competitively.
| UT2004 |
| dm-rankin |
FPS |
Ranking |
| ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) |
109.64 |
   |
| Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) |
113.86 |
|
| MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) |
120.18 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) |
122.41 |
|
| Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) |
121.22 |
|
| Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) |
129.66 |
|
| Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) |
120.91 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) |
124.07 |
|
| Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) |
126.86 |
   |
| as-convoy |
FPS |
Ranking |
| ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) |
70.34 |
|
| Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) |
73.1 |
|
| MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) |
76.82 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) |
74.55 |
|
| Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) |
73.45 |
|
| Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) |
87.22 |
|
| Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) |
85.33 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) |
79.43 |
|
| Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) |
85.57 |
|
| ctf-bridgeoffate |
FPS |
Ranking |
| ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) |
150.44 |
|
| Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) |
156.65 |
|
| MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) |
163.97 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) |
158.11 |
|
| Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) |
158.15 |
|
| Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) |
181.18 |
|
| Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) |
175.29 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) |
172.21 |
|
| Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) |
176.08 |
|
UT2004 can tell the difference between the motherboards
and here the Albatron K8X890 Pro II does very well for itself!
Doom 3 is
the most advanced game to date. it 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: |
Points |
Ranking |
| ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) |
102.7 |
|
| Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) |
108.2 |
|
| MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) |
108.7 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) |
110 |
|
| Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) |
107.4 |
|
| Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) |
114 |
|
| Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) |
112.8 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) |
117.5 |
|
| Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) |
115 |
|
In our last benchmark, Doom 3, the Albatron K8X890 Pro
II has another good showing. If you're into gaming the Albatron K8X890 Pro II
can deliver!
K8T890 Shows its
Stuff
The Albatron K8X890 Pro II
motherboard doesn't have a ton of features but it does come with the most
important feature of the moment, support for PCI Express x16 videocards. There
are also plenty of other things most users would need, like a Gigabit NIC, 7.1
audio courtesy of the VIA Envy 24PT chip and IEEE 1394. If you need more, there
are three PCI slots and one PCI Express x4 slot for expansion purposes.
Generally, the motherboard was easy to use with a good
layout, although we were not pleased to see that Albatron placed the floppy
drive connector at the bottom of the board yet again.
Configuring the included mPower VRM module was more
difficult than it should be, and hearing warnings of potential "Motherboard or
VRM damage" never goes down well. VIA also needs to get its act together and
release the VT8251 Southbridge which is technically way more advanced than the
aging VT8237R Southbridge the K8X890 Pro II uses.
We were very pleased with the Albatron K8X890 Pro II
when it came to performance. It was near the top of its class in every test and
was especially impressive on the more demanding 3D applications. It looks like
the K8T890 might just be a great gaming chipset, and the Albatron K8X890 Pro II is certainly an excellent
motherboard for the hardcore gamer. If you're looking for a new PCI Express
equipped AMD Athlon64 motherboard, the Albatron K8X890 Pro II can deliver the
goods, so watch for it in stores.
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