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Review: ABIT AG8

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 28 July 2004, 00:00

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System Setup and Notes

Hardware

Motherboards

ABIT AG8, Intel i915P, LGA775, PEG16X, DDR-I
ABIT AA8 DuraMAX, Intel i925X, LGA775, PEG16X, DDR-II
Intel D925XCV Desktop Board, Intel i925X, LGA775, PEG16X, DDR-II
ASUS SK8V, VIA K8T800, Socket 940, AGP8X, DDR-I

Processors

Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.4GHz, LGA775
AMD Athlon FX-51, Socket 940

Graphics Cards

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, PCI Express 16x
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, AGP8X

Memory

1GB (2 x 512MB) Micron DDR-II PC2-4300 - 4-4-4-12 - Alderwood LGA775 systems
1GB (2 x 512MB) Corsair XMS3500RE - 2-3-2-6 - Socket 940 system
512MB (2 x 256MB) Corsair XMS3200LLPT - 2-2-2-6 - ABIT AG8

Hard Disks

1 x 36.6GB Western Digital Raptor SATA

Software

Windows XP Professional w/ SP1
Intel Application Accelerator 4.0.0.6211 (LGA775 boards)
Intel 6.0.0.1014 chipset drivers (LGA775 boards)
NVIDIA Detonator 61.34
VIA Hyperion 4.51v (Socket 940 board)
DirectX 9.0b End User Runtime

HEXUS Pifast
Sciencemark 2.0
KribiBench v1.1
LAME 3.92MMX encoding U2's Pop album at 192CBR
Realstorm Raytracing Benchmark
3DMark 2001SE
3DMark03
Painkiller
HDTach 3.0.0

Notes

The AG8 goes up against the AA8 DuraMAX, and they both get get to fight Intel's D925XCV desktop board using the 3.4 Extreme Edition, with a dastardly duo of FX-51 and FX-53 on Socket 940 providing the AMD competition. NVIDIA's 6800 GT bequeaths the able 3D service on both AGP8X and PCI Express, and our usual set of benchmarks provide the torture.

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