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Review: DFI LanParty NFII Ultra B

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 23 November 2003, 00:00

Tags: DFI (TPE:2397)

Quick Link: HEXUS.net/qauu

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System Setup

Hardware

  • DFI LanParty NFII Ultra B, NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400, Socket A, dual DDR400
  • ASUS A7N8X 2.0 Deluxe, NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400, Socket A, dual DDR400
  • EPoX EP-4PDA2+, Intel i865PE (Springdale-PE), Socket 478, dual DDR400
  • AMD Athlon XP3200+, 11 x 200MHz, 512KB L2
  • Intel Pentium 4 3.0 'C', 15 x 200MHz, 512KB L2, HyperThreading
  • NVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra
  • Corsair XMS3200LLPT, 2 x 256MB, 2-2-2-6 (2-2-2-5 for the EPoX and ASUS)
  • Enermax 431W PSU
  • Swiftech MCX478
  • Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 80GB

Software

  • Windows XP Professional w/SP1 and current Windows Update patches (as of 17/11/03)
  • NVIDIA Detonator FX 52.16 WHQL
  • Intel Chipset Driver 5.00.1012
  • NVIDIA nForce2 2.43 Platform Driver
  • DirectX 9.0a Runtime
  • HEXUS Pifast benchmark
  • Lame v3.92MMX MP3 encoding
  • HEXUS SETI benchmark
  • 3DMark 2001SE v330
  • Comanche 4
  • Serious Sam 2 Demo
  • X2 Rolling Demo
  • Realstorm 2003 Raytracing
  • UT2003 HEXUS benchmark
For some reason I couldn't make Tras=5 benchmark stable at the benchmarked settings on the DFI. Hmm, not entirely sure why. The EPoX based P4 platform and the ASUS nForce2 both get that luxury however, giving the DFI some stiff competition. The usual benchmark conditions apply. Three runs, the top and bottom discarded to leave the middle result as the reported one, all three redone should any recorded run deviate from the others.

So, high end AMD on the DFI and ASUS, versus high end 3.0C on a PAT enabled motherboard. Let's see how the DFI gets on performance wise.

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