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MSI K7N2 DELTA-L vs ASROCK K7S8XE+ - THE REMATCH
"MSI K7N2 DELTA-L vs ASROCK K7S8XE+ rematch using software such as SiSoftware Sandra 2004, 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Glxcess, Doom 3, Serious Sam SE, UT2004, Comanche4, Desert Rats vs Afrika Korps, Far Cry, Haegemonia, Painkiller, Unreal 2 and X2 The Threat."
 "We originally reviewed the two motherboards used in this review in the MSI K7N2 Delta-L motherboard review, in that review the MSI K7N2 offered better performance than the Asrock K7S8XE+. With the release of the 1.91a performance bios for the Asrock K7S8XE+ motherboard we felt that a rematch was called for. We are also using dual channel for the MSI K7N2 motherboard unlike in the original review when we used single channel. The Asrock K7S8XE+ has no support for dual channel so please bare this in mind when viewing the results. Another difference is the amount of software we have used for testing. in the original review we used a total of 9 different software titles. In this rematch we have used a total of 14 different titles both new and old to show real performance."
| NAME |
CHIPSET |
MEMORY |
FSB |
AGP |
BIOS |
SPECIAL FEATURE |
PRICE |
| MSI K7N2 DELTA-L |
NFORCE2 ULTRA 400 |
400DDR |
400FSB |
8x |
v5.8 |
DUAL CHANNEL |
$60/£43 |
| ASROCK K7S8XE+ |
SIS 748 |
400DDR |
400FSB |
8x |
v1.91A |
HYBRID BOOSTER |
$49/£27 |
| NAME |
CHIPSET |
MEMORY |
FSB |
AGP |
BIOS |
SPECIAL FEATURE |
PRICE |
GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION
| PROCESSOR |
AMD ATHLON XP 3200 |
| VIDEO CARD |
MSI GEFORCE FX 5900 XT VTD128 |
| NVIDIA DRIVER |
FORCEWARE v61.77 |
| MOTHERBOARD |
MSI K7N2 DELTA-L |
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ASROCK K7S8XE+ |
| MEMORY |
2x512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR |
| OPERATING SYSTEM |
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 |
| DIRECTX VERSION |
v9.0c |
SISOFTWARE SANDRA 2004
PROCESSOR - ALU DHRYSTONE PROCESSOR - FPU WHETSTONE MSI K7N2 DELTA-L ASROCK K7S8XE+ (1.91A) ASROCK K7S8XE+ (1.90) |
COMMENT - "This is just a basic cpu test to verify that the processor is running at the same speed on the two motherboards. As you can see using the 1.91A Bios on the Asrock K7S8XE+ the cpu is running about 2% faster than the MSI K7N2 Delta-L motherboard."
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SISOFTWARE SANDRA 2004
MEMORY BANDWIDTH - INTEGER MEMORY BANDWIDTH - FLOATING POINT MSI K7N2 DELTA-L ASROCK K7S8XE+ (1.91A) ASROCK K7S8XE+ (1.90) |
COMMENT - "The MSI K7N2 Delta-L should win this memory bandwidth test easily due to it's use of dual channel memory. The Asrock K7S8XE+ doesn't have dual channel memory which is why it's performance is 10% lower."
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SYNTHETIC BENCHMARKS
MSI K7N2 DELTA-L ASROCK K7S8XE+ (1.91A) ASROCK K7S8XE+ (1.90)
COMMENT - "The MSI K7N2 Delta-L puts in a great performance with 3dmark 2001 SE, it finishs 9% clear of the Asrock K7S8XE+. However using 3dmark 2003 the MSI K7N2 Delta-L can only deliver a 4% increase over the Asrock K7S8XE+. A big surprise was the Glexcess result because the Asrock K7S8XE+ beat the MSI K7N2 Delta-L by 3%." |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
3DMARK 2001 SE
1024x768 Resolution
32Bit color
D3D Hardware T&L
Antialiasing Disabled
Double Frame Buffer
Compressed Texture Format
24Bit Z-Buffer Depth
3DMARK 2003
1024x768 Resolution
No Pixel Processing
Optimal Texture Filtering
4x Max Anisotropy
Optimal Vertex Shaders
No Repeat Tests
No Fixed Framerate
GLEXCESS5
1024x768 Resolution
Scene 1 Intro
Scene 2 Waver
Scene 3 Facescape
Scene 4 Exploding Logo
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DOOM III
ADVANCED OPTIONS DISABLED MSI K7N2 DELTA-L ASROCK K7S8XE+ (1.91A) ASROCK K7S8XE+ (1.90)
COMMENT - "Doom 3 was another big surprise like Glexcess, the Asrock K7S8XE+ beat the MSI K7N2 Delta-L by 5%." |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Screen Size
Fullscreen Enabled
Vertical Sync Disabled
Demo1 Benchmark
OPTIONS DISABLED
Bump Maps Disabled
Shadows Disabled
Special Effects Disabled
Specular Disabled
Antialiasing Disabled
OPTIONS ENABLED
Bump Maps Enabled
Shadows Disabled
Special Effects Enabled
Specular Enabled
Antialiasing Disabled
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SERIOUS SAM SE
MSI K7N2 DELTA-L ASROCK K7S8XE+ (1.91A) ASROCK K7S8XE+ (1.90) |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
Fullscreen Enabled
Extreme Quality Settings
Large Texture Size
Optimal Texture Quality
Detail Textures Enabled
COMMENT - "The Serious Sam SE result was more of the same for the MSI K7N2 Delta-L when it beat the Asrock K7S8XE+ by 1% to 6%."
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