Socket 754 Roundup, Part 3: Asus, Soltek & DFI
by Wesley Fink on September 14, 2004 12:03 AM EST- Posted in
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DX9 Gaming Performance
Results in DX9 Gaming are really mixed across these 3 boards. It is hard to ignore the top Asus performance in Doom 3, Aquamark 3, and Halo. However, this is tempered by top positions by the Soltek in UT2004 and DFI in Far Cry. This seems more a reflection of the optimizations that engineers used with each board, rather than a measure of comparative performance.
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MemberSince97 - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link
Boy, ya sure dont here much noise from FIC these days.MemberSince97 - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link
Edit ^^^Mr Fink.........MemberSince97 - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link
Good job Mr Finks, Keep on truckin...Wesley Fink - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link
Things can change. Ask anyone who has gone from madly in love to a divorce :-)I was very clear that 939 is still faster at the same speed by 2% to 5%. We really expected 939 to make a bigger performance difference than it does when we wrote the pre-939 review. We also had no idea at that point that AMD would keep 939 so much more expensive than 754 and introduce value A64s only in 754 clothes.
I really don't think there is anything inconsistent in our statements. 939 still performs better at the same speed, but many can't or won't pay the current price of 939 admission. 754 can also pass 939 in performance if you can reach higher overclocks with 754.
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link
#3 - Good luck connecting your IDE cable to a SATA port. I understand your point, but most everyone understands IDE refers to the 40-pin connector.draazeejs - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link
Nice article, but I think AT should stay a bit consistent in their statements. Approx. a week before the s939 for A64 was released, they said - wait, do not buy any s754 mobos and CPUs, s939 is the future bla bla bla. Now, 2 months later, they even suggest to buy s754, because the s939 is just by far too expensive at the moment. Money rules the world...Zepper - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link
FYI: SATA=IDE, to differentiate, it's SATA and PATA....bh.
Avalon - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link
I wonder why the DFI board suffers those two noticeable drops in Specviewperf. Not that Specviewperf is something that matters to me, but it's a bit weird.thebluesgnr - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link
Will AnandTech review the ASRock K8 Combo-Z board?