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Benchmark Configuration
For the tests, the 7VRXP's memory is set to CAS 2 latency and running
at 333MHz. The RAID performance results were conducted using two Maxtor
80GB ATA 133 7200-RPM drives.
Included as a comparison, the ABIT KD7 will represent the KT400 in the
benchmark tests. During all of the tests, the KD7 (KT400) board's memory
is set to 400MHz and paired with Corsair XMS PC3500 CAS2 memory as well.
| Technical Specs - System
1 |
| CPU |
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ |
| Motherboard |
Gigabyte GA-7VRXP Rev 2.0 |
| Memory |
Corsair Micro XMS3000 CAS2 256MB |
| Hard Drive |
80 GB WD800JB ATA100 7200RPM |
| Video Card |
MSI GeForce4 Ti4400 |
| Video Drivers |
Detonator v40.72 |
| Operating System |
Windows XP w/ Service Pack 1 |
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| Technical Specs - System
2 |
| CPU |
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ |
| Motherboard |
ABIT KD7 (KT400) |
| Memory |
Corsair Micro XMS3500 CAS2 256MB Running
@400MHz |
| Hard Drive |
80 GB WD800JB ATA100 7200RPM |
| Video Card |
MSI GeForce4 Ti4400 |
| Video Drivers |
Detonator v40.72 |
| Operating System |
Windows XP w/ Service Pack 1 |
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Benchmarks
With the 7VRXP, showing scores at 1024x768 approaching and exceeding
200 FPS, I would say there is nothing to worry about Quake III Engine
based games on this platform.
This DirectX 8 game will make you instantly realize the need for top
performing components. Many other games will begin to show up based on
the UT2003 gaming engine in the near future that will stress a system
greatly. As you can see, the 7VRXP performs quite well by posting scores
above 50 FPS and a Flyby core in triple digits.
Here is another DirectX 8 based benchmark from the game Aquanox. Yet
again we find the 7VRXP feeding the video card ample enough information
to produce some rather nice scores.
Here is the standard by which most gamers receive their bragging rights.
We have all heard, "What do you get on 3DMark?" The 7VRXP has
consistently produced some of the highest 3DMark2001SE scores we have
seen. Keep feeding it faster video cards or processors and you will find
yourself with "a whole 'lotta bragging rights."
Here is where we see the 7VRXP head to head with the KD7 (KT400) in MadOnion’s
PCMark 2002 Benchmark. The 7VRXP performs very well compared to the newer
KD7 with the KT400. The 66MHz memory advantage does not separate the two
as much as one would think. In fact the separation is headed in the opposite
direction as one might think. The KT333 in the 7VRXP does quite well compared
to the newer KT400.
Content Creation is a good measure of how well a system will switch from
one media application to another and performing tasks in each. From what
we see here, the 7VRXP is yet again beating the ego of the newer KD7 board.
SiSoft Sandra Benchmarks are a sure way of gauging your system changes.
The CPU, Multi-Media, and Memory Benchmarks are marks that everyone takes
notice of in order to compare systems. These scores show the 7VRXP winning
all of the six tests compared to the KD7.
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