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ABIT AN8-32X nForce4 SLI x16 Motherboard Review
ABIT AN8-32X nForce4 SLI x16 Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
ABIT's newest flagship Athlon64 motherboard is the ABIT AN8 32X, based upon the nForce4 SLI x16 chipset.
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External Mfg. Website: ABIT Apr 04 2006   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: UT2004, Doom 3

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
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 124.28
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400) 104.71
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 118.89
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX Single) 119.44
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 118.06
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 120.08
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 117.85
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 126.81
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 124.46
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 117.5
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 115.53
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX Single) 114.35
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 113.86
as-convoy FPS Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 84.55
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400) 67.68
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 76.41
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX Single) 76.87
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 75.52
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 77.22
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 76.19
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 85.77
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 84.06
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 75.91
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 74.99
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX Single) 74.09
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 74.02
ctf-bridgeoffate FPS Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 172.37
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400) 142.59
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 164.5
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX Single) 173.91
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 170.24
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 166.84
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 162.98
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 176.01
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 173.55
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 162.53
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 159.16
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX Single) 163.45
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 157.66

UT2004 indicates the same things as the other 3D tests, the ABIT AN8 32X is a fast motherboard that can keep up with the best of them.

Doom 3

Source: id Software

Doom 3 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: FPS Ranking
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 125.7
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400) 110.4
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 124.7
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX Single) 127.5
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 127.8
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 127
DFI LANPartyUT NF4 SLI-DR Expert (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 125.1
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 126.9
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 127.5
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX Single) 124.3
Epox 9NPA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 122.2
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX Single) 123.9
ABIT AN8 32X (NF4 SLI x16 200/400 7800GTX SLI) 123.6

In the last test of the suite, the ABIT AN8 32X's Doom 3 frame rates are virtually identical to much of the competition.

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Contents of Article: ABIT AN8 32x
 Pg 1.  ABIT AN8-32X nForce4 SLI x16 Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  ABIT AN8-32X and Onboard RAID
 Pg 3.  nForce4 SLI x16 Chipset and Cooling
 Pg 4.  Overclocking Tests, Trials, Triumph?
 Pg 5.  Inside the AN8-32x's BIOS
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: SYSMark 2004
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Sandra 2005
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: SuperPi, PCMark 05
 Pg 9.  Benchmarks: 3DMark05, X2 The Threat
 Pg 10.  — Benchmarks: UT2004, Doom 3
 Pg 11.  Final Word on the ABIT AN8 32X

 
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