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Review: ASUS K8N-E Deluxe

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 3 November 2004, 00:00

Tags: ASUSTeK (TPE:2357), AMD (NYSE:AMD), VIA Technologies (TPE:2388)

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CPU Tests

The CPU tests are designed to scale well with CPU frequency increases. They give an indication that a CPU is allowed to work correctly on a given mainboard, the CPU being constant.

KribiBench v1.1

Kribi


The K8V manages the win, by the smallest of margins. It's a repeatable average difference.

LAME 3.92MMX

LAME


LAME's encoding engine is entirely CPU limited, relying on a fast FPU and little else. The graph above is, again, no surprise.

Realstorm

Realstorm is a real-time raytracer, executed entirely on the CPU without any GPU assistance.

Realstorm


The K8N-E ends up slightly faster this time, but there's realistically very little in it.