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"Featuring ULi's TGi Technology, the ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 supports 1 AGP 8x, 1 PCIe x16 slot, 1 PCIe x1 and 3 PCI slots that enable users to enjoy the freedom to continue using their AGP graphics cards while giving them enough headroom for future upgrade to PCI Express graphics cards. In addition, ULi's TGi Technology enables users to run applications which require multiple displays."

"Devoted to bring ASRock die-hard users the best benefits, the newly released ASRock 939Dual-SATA2, is believed to draw users' attention with its cost-effective, considerate and longevity features. Matching with ULi M1695/M1567, the life circle of 939Dual-SATA2 is unlimitedly extended. The design of both AGP8X and PCI Express graphics interface, allows users to switch graphics cards depending on their budget and needs, and the Future CPU upgrade port lets users to upgrade future CPU socket when it is mature for the market. As for the scalability of hard disk, the embedded JMicron PCI Express based SATA2 controller further extends 939Dual-SATA's life circle by supporting Serial ATA II interface." said ASRock.

"ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 supports AMD64 Socket 939 with a FSB of 1GHz of HTT. Providing a future CPU Upgrade Slot, ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 offers end-users the flexibility for future CPU upgrade to Socket M2. This board offers a SATA II 3.0 Gb/s and 2 SATA 1.5Gb/s ports, RAID 0 (Striping), RAID 1 (Mirroring), and JBOD, which not only enhanced overall disk performance, but also provide utmost protection to data contents in hard drives."

"ULi M1695/M1567 is world's first chipset that supports both PCI Express x16 and native AGP 8X graphics interfaces. We are developing not only products with excellent qualities, but we also make sure that our products incorporate innovative features that give us a leading-edge against our competitors." said Alex Kuo, President of ULi. "ASRock's outstanding position in the channel market enable us to penetrate and fulfill market's strong demand for highly innovative and flexible, cost-effective solutions."

"About ULi - ULi Electronics Inc. is a leading fabless IC design company that develops world-class solutions for consumer electronics and professional computing products. ULi's expertise in the PC information industry and solid design capability superbly positioned ULi as a major component supplier dedicated to bringing system manufacturers more highly integrated, performance enhancing and cost effective IC solutions. For more information about ULi, please visit our website at http://www.uli.com.tw."

QUAKE III ARENA 1024x768 360 343 330 1280x1024 337 325 317 1600x1200 292 287 287 ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2 (DUAL) ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2 (SINGLE) GIGABYTE K8NS PRO BENCHMARK SETTINGS Four.dm68 Benchmark 32Bit Colour Depth Texture Compress Disabled Lightmap Lighting High Geometric Detail Full Texture Detail Trilinear Texture Filtering COMMENT - "The Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 puts in a good performance against the GIGABYTE K8NS PRO and when using dual channel memory it is 2% to 9% faster. When using single channel memory the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 is 3% to 4% faster than the GIGABYTE K8NS PRO."

QUAKE 4 LOW QUALITY 100 95 HIGH QUALITY 95 88 ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2 (DUAL) ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2 (SINGLE) COMMENT - "Quake 4 arrived too late to be used with the GIGABYTE K8NS PRO so only single and dual channel memory results for the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 have been included. When using low quality settings dual channel memory increased Quake 4 performance by 5% and when using high quality settings dual channel increased performance by 8%." BENCHMARK SETTINGS Fullscreen Enabled Vertical Sync Disabled LOW QUALITY Bump Maps Disabled Shadows Disabled Special Effects Disabled Specular Disabled Antialiasing Disabled HIGH QUALITY Bump Maps Enabled Shadows Enabled Special Effects Enabled Specular Enabled Anti-aliasing Disabled

GAME BENCHMARKS 1944 BATTLE OF THE BULGE 142 132 136 AREA 51 75 74 73 TRACKMANIA SUNRISE 181 173 171 UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 131 126 122 XPAND RALLY 67 64 61 ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2 (DUAL) ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2 (SINGLE) GIGABYTE K8NS PRO COMMENT - "The Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 has a good start when it outperformed the GIGABYTE K8NS PRO by 8% when using dual channel memory, however the GIGABYTE K8NS PRO outperforms the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 by 3% when using single channel memory. Area51 result should be considered a draw because the two motherboards offer similar performance. Trackmania Sunrise is good result for the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 and it finishes between 2% to 6% faster than the GIGABYTE K8NS PRO. Unreal Tournament 2004 is another good result for the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 and it finishes 4% to 7% faster than the GIGABYTE K8NS PRO. Xpand Rally continues the good results for the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 and it finishes 5% to 9% faster."

FINAL RESULT 596 569 563 ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2 (DUAL) ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2 (SINGLE) GIGABYTE K8NS PRO COMMENT - "The Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 when using dual channel memory is 6% faster than the GIGABYTE K8NS PRO and when using single channel memory the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 is still 2% faster."

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