Q3, CoD, UT2003
Our low-detail test gives the edge to nForce3-based motherboards. A P4 Northwood 3.4GHz / Canterwood combination barely hits 165FPS in this test. Athlon 64 power at its very finest.
Close enough to make no significant statistical difference.
The same in our subsystem-bound Call of Duty test. Performance is exactly where we would expect it to be. That's the beauty of AMD's Athlon 64 CPUs. The performance is largely locked in the processor, so the chipset's main duties is to add in features and route them effectively. Chaintech does well enough on that count.