ATA100 Test
Video Card Tests
WinTune98
2D Tests
|
CPU
Speed
|
GF2
GTS (32MB)
|
Onboard
AGP (2MB)
|
|
980MHz
|
211
MPixels/s
|
113
MPixels/s
|
Just for the fun of it,
I decided to check the onboard video performance. What a shock! The 2D is
approximately as good as the best 8MB AGP cards of 2 years ago. The 2MB shared
video has resolutions up to 1600x1200 at 24bpp colors. Not to shabby for freebie
video.
D3D
Tests
|
CPU
Speed
|
3DMark2K
|
UTBench
"N"
|
UTBench
"H"
|
WT98
|
|
980MHz
|
7650
3DMarks
|
45.8
FPS
|
41.4
FPS
|
426
MP/s
|
Of course, why would anyone
buy such a great MB just to do the ubiquitous 2D? After MadOnion's proggy
finished and the results screen popped up, the 7650 3DMarks hit me
in the face. These are simply the highest scores ever achieved at TargetPC
to date. I must admit though, that UTBench is getting a bit long in the tooth,
as pure CPU speed rather than video card bandwidth seems to be the limiting
FPS factor.
OpenGL
Tests
|
CPU
Speed
|
Q3A
"N"
|
Q3A
"H"
|
WT98
|
|
980MHz
|
137
FPS
|
105
FPS
|
357
MP/s
|
Please note that the latest
Nvidia 6.18 drivers were used for these tests. After several days of re-benchmarking
various games, I have concluded that when compared to the 5.22 drivers, the
newer 6.18's drop about 1% for D3D and gain at least 22% for OpenGL performance.
Memory Tests
Memory
performance has come under fire recently, so I made sure to run the heralded
SiSoft benchmarks in order to see what top quality CAS2 RAM could do under
extreme conditions. At 140MHz FSB, the two 128MB sticks showed their true
colors easily taking the top spot. Specifically, the ALU performance nudges
out the Abit SE6's by a nose at 411 vs. 421. The FPU's were an exact match.
SiSoft 2000 Benchmarks
|
CPU
Speed
|
Memory
(ALU)
|
Memory
(FPU)
|
|
980MHz
|
421
MB/s
|
477
MB/s
|
Conclusion
Why do I love this board?
Great stability, an overclocker's dream not only for FSB's out the wazoo,
but the best Vcore and Vio adjustments and just plain old design quality from
the ground up. If Asus figures out how to mimic Iwill's practically perfect
voltage regulation and stability, there would be no other i815 MB to
buy period. As it stands, a 9/10 score is very high praise and the
regular BIOS updates can only make a great board even better.
William
Yaple
09/24/00
