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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.
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark
CPU Multimedia Benchmark
Memory Benchmark
So far, we can see there is little difference between the Epox 8RDA+ and the MSI K7N2G-ILSR. Neither boards hold any tangible advantage over the other, which isn't surprising since both use the same chipset. Now, keep in mind that during testing, we're using an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, and not the IGP. When using the IGP, it will cut into the total memory, so how is memory performance when using the IGP?
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With 9700 Pro
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With nForce2 IGP
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| K7N2G-ILSR Ram Int. Buff. @ 166 |
2389
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2256
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Using 64MB of system ram, overall memory performance is deminished somewhat. If you're looking for maximum memory performance, you're best to use a dedicated video card, but even when using the IGP, performance is not bad at all.
PC Mark 2002
Pretty close across the board, but the MSI holds a slight lead at both bus speeds.
PiFast
New to our testbed, but 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.
Lower is Better
This is a real-world benchmark, and will stress the memory subsystem. The MSI board continues to lead the Epox as we progress through the benchmarks.
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MSI K7N2G-ILSR: MSI pulls no punches with their flagship nForce 2 motherboard. Featuring almost every conceivable technology available for motherboards, they're doing everything they can to standout on paper. Let's see how it does in reality.
