3DMark 2001SE, SS2, C4
Gaming should be where both boards prove to be strong contenders. We'll start off our examination with 3DMark 2001SE.
It's strange to see a Pentium 4 3.2GHz / Canterwood combination rooted to last place here, but that's exactly how it is. The 'slowest' Biostar boards manages to take add 600 marks to the P4's score, and, once overclocked, it demolishes the FX-51, too. For a breakdown of individual scores, head over to the following links: K8NHA Pro, K8VHA Pro, K8NHA @ 2.2GHz / DDR440. We're hugely impressed and, at times, flabbergasted at just what 2.2GHz can do. 20,000 marks has never been so easy.
The P4-crushing theme continues, and both boards show close proximity to one another again. We're not in the least bit surprised to see FX-51-toppling performance now. We'll really have to retest it with low-latency ECC memory. There doesn't seem to be too much of a point to it with current S754 boards doing so well.
More of the same here, although the VIA-based Biostar does fall consistently behind the MHz slower nForce 3 150 version. Nothing touches it at 2.2GHz, too.
