Asus P5N-E SLI Motherboard Review :: Test Setup and Procedure

Author: Benjamin Sun · 01-11-2007 · Category: Motherboards

Scores

  • Features: 35
  • Ergonomics: 9
  • Compatibility: 25
  • Support: 10
  • Performance: 14
  • Total: 93
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Asus P5N-E SLI Motherboard Review
Asus P5N-E SLI Motherboard Review
Asus P5N-E SLI Motherboard Review
Asus P5N-E SLI Motherboard Review
Asus P5N-E SLI Motherboard Review


Test System

  • Intel Pentium 670 3.8GHz
  • 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800MHz memory
  • XFX 7900GT running 91.47 Forceware 520/1.44 core/memory clocks
  • Two Western Digital 74GB Raptor SATA HDDs 10000 RPM
  • ASUS 16x DVD-ROM
  • Ultra X-Finity 600W PSU
  • Windows XP with SP2
  • DirectX 9.0c

Test Software

  • FEAR 1024x768 no AA no AF, Performance demo Max settings except Soft Shadows disabled
  • Doom 3 1024x768 HQ settings no AA no AF, Timedemo Demo1
  • Aquamark 3 1024x768 Default demo no AA 4x AF
  • 3DMark05 default run 1024x768
  • 3DMark03 Default run 1024x768
  • Sysmark 2004 Patch 2
  • PCMark04
  • PCMark04 memory
  • Sisoft Sandra 2005 SR2 Memory test

It's likely that we will move to a new platform sometime after the Microsoft Vista official launch later this month. The Pentium 670 is getting long in the tooth and we really need to move our test platform to a Core 2 Duo CPU at the least along with a DirectX 10 video card (probably 8800GTX) to support the new features of Microsoft Vista.


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