PiFast

A good indicator of CPU/Motherboard performance is version 4.2, by Xavier Gourdon. We used a computation of 10000000 digits of Pi, Chudnovsky method, 1024 K FFT, and no disk memory. Note that lower scores are better, and times are in seconds.

Lower is better

The K8T Neo is about five and a half seconds faster in our first real-world test. PiFast is heavily subsystem dependent, and the K8T800 shines in this area.

VirtualDub Audio Extraction

We ripped the audio of at 44 100Hz, no compression using VirtualDub 1.5.8 (Build 18068). Times are in seconds, and lower is better.

Lower times are better

Not much of a difference between the two setups, but the K8T Neo A64 setup does hold a slight one second lead at the same clock speed as the nF2 Ultra board.

TMPGEnc 2.521

We used the same Animatrix file and the WAV created from VirtualDub, and converted it into a VCD compliant MPEG-1 file. Times are in minutes:seconds, and lower is better.

Lower times are better

If video encoding is your thing, the K8T800/A64 platform is gonna make your day. At equivalent clock speeds, the K8T Neo is almost thirty seconds faster than the nForce 2.

Unreal Tournament 2003: Antalus, Min Detail @ 640

Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Checkpoint, Min Detail @ 640

All work, and all play seems to be the story for the K8T Neo. If you're looking into building a fast AMD gaming box (and you have no budget for the Athlon FX), the A64 is the way to go. Keep in mind that your video card will play a role in the higher video settings, but the K8T Neo shouldn't bottleneck you.

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