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Test Setup
The benchmarks taken for this review were taken with the following system specs:
AthlonXP 1800+
Radeon 9700 Pro video card
Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive
The differences were in the memory used between the systems. Since I wanted to compare this against an nForce2 board, I used the Corsair XMS3200 512 MB Module @ 2-3-3-6 Timings for the LanParty and 1 GB of XMS3700 @ 3-4-4-8 Timings on the nForce2 board.
The nForce2 board that is going up against the LanParty is the NF7-M, which we're giving away here.
SiSoftware Sandra 2003
Although a synthetic benchmark, it's a popular one, freely available if you wish to make comparison benchmarks. We will be testing the CPU, MMX, and memory speeds.
SiSoft CPU Arithmetic Benchmark
We see that the nForce2 has a higher ALU score, but a lower FPU score, but they are almost even (FPU within 3 MFLOPS.) The differences in ALU performance can be attributed to the different memory types.
SiSoft CPU Multimedia Benchmark
Here we find the two motherboards neck-to-neck once again. The nForce2 has a better integer score, but a worse floating point score.
Memory Benchmark
In this benchmark we see the raw power of the nForce2 chipset as it outperforms the KT400A by a smidge. There's a difference of 50 MB/s or less between the two memory bandwidths.
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DFI LanParty KT400A: One of the most unique looking motherboards makes it's way into the test labs at VL. Can the LanParty's beauty be backed up by it's performance?
