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Date Posted: July 15, 2002

SiSoft Sandra Memory

The K7D Master-L manages to beat out the reference AMD 760 chipset score during this round of testing. I believe that the latest BIOS revision may have something to do with the higher scores.

Scoring just a tad below the reference ATA 100 30 GIG hard drive, the K7D Master-L shows us that it's hard drive controllers allow for optimal performance under normal conditions.

OpenGL Test: GL EXCESS

GL Excess still has what it takes when it comes time to test OpenGL performance. Let's take a look at some scores.

Although the KT333 managed to perform slightly better, the K7D Master-L still had a strong showing here.

When the CPU is the determining factor, the K7D pulls off slightly better scores than the K7T333-Ultra.

Direct3D Test: 3D Mark 2001SE

Even though it is showing its age, 3D Mark 2001SE is still the best way to test Direct 3D performance. Until Mad Onion releases 3D Mark 2002 we will continue to benchmark using 3D Mark 2001SE.

All tests were done using an MSI GeForce 4 MX420 using Nvidia 28.32 drivers at default settings.

The 3D Mark 2001SE scores the K7D Master-L put out are just a little ahead of what we were getting out of the K7D Master.

While the scores are not very impressive, please consider the graphics card we were using.

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