FIRST LOOK - nForce4: Gigabyte K8NXP-9
by Wesley Fink on November 12, 2004 8:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Test Setup
The performance of the Gigabyte K8NXP-9 was compared to the nVidia nForce4 Reference board using an AMD FX55 and 2-2-2-10 DDR memory. Test results with the Intel 925XE Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE were included for Reference with the fastest 1066FSB CPU currently available. For reference, test results were also included for the Intel 925X with the 560 - the fastest current Intel 800FSB CPU. All benchmarks on all platforms were run with the PCI Express nVidia 6800 Ultra. Tests on the Gigabyte K8NXP-9 were all run with 5X (1000 HT) enabled.| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | AMD Athlon 64 FX55 (2.6GHz-1MB Cache) Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (2.4GHz-1MB Cache) Intel 3.46EE (1066FSB) Intel 560 (3.6GHz 800FSB) |
| RAM: | 2 x 512MB OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev. 2 2 X 512MB Micron DDR2-533 |
| Hard Drive(s): | Seagate 120GB 7200 RPM IDE (8MB Buffer) |
| Chipset Drivers: | nVidia nForce 6.31 Beta (nForce4) |
| Video Card(s): | nVidia 6800 Ultra (PCI Express) |
| Video Drivers: | nVidia nForce 61.81 Beta |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Motherboards: | Gigabyte K8NXP-9 (nForce4) nVidia nForce4 Ultra Reference Board Abit Fatality AA8XE (Intel 925XE) Intel 925X Reference Board5 |
The configuration was kept as close as possible between the 4 motherboards, but we are forced to compare apples to oranges in some cases. DDR400 memory at 2-2-2-10 is being compared on the nForce4 boards to DDR2-533 at 3-3-3-10 on the Intel 925X/XE boards. However, as we saw in the DDR vs. DDR2 review, the performance of fast DDR400 and DDR533 is very close.
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Jeff7181 - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
"Gigabyte LAN?" Shouldn't that say "Gigabit LAN?" Or is that their proprietary name for the onboard LAN they use on their boards?Wesley Fink - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
#2 and #5 - Pricing has not been announced. My guess based on past Gigabyte positioning would be around $200-$230 for the top model, but that is just a guess. Gigabyte will also likely have lower featured versions of the same board at lower prices#6 - Full performance comparisons of nForce3 Ultra and nForce4 were run at nF4 launch at http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?... Performance of nF3 and nF4 is basically the same - the only real difference is PCIe instead of AGP.
flexy - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
thanks wesley !!That 1gig HT works is GREAT news :!
And my other only question left...any idea how it looks with big HSFs, especially the ThermalRight XP-120 ???
Aquila76 - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
What about a performance test against the 'Old Guard' s939 nForce3 Ultra? Or will that be in the next s939 MoBo roundup?tart666 - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
pricing?Wesley Fink - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
#3 - ALL becnchmarks were run with 5X or 1000HT enabled.flexy - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
whow...whow..whow...but you didnt answer the most important question, is the 1gig HT (5x multi) still broken ? What board revision was this ?
Gnoad - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
Finally a s939 board that makes me pleased.LeadFrog - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
Nice board. What will be the price?