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Test Setup Western
Digital 80GB Special Edition (8MB cache)
512MB Corsair
TwinX 3200
NVIDIA
GeForceFX 5800 Ultra
AMD
Athlon XP 2700+
Microsoft WindowsXP Pro + SP1 + DX9.0a
Epox 8RDA3G (nForce2
400 Ultra)
MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR Performance SiSoft
Sandra 2003 Although
synthetic in nature SiSoft's Sandra offers a valuable insight towards overall
performance levels. We're using the latest version of Sandra (2003.7.9.73) known
as MAX3. Memory
Bandwidth Performance The
fact that I'm using a 166MHz FSB Athlon 2700+ for this review is evident from
the memory results. nForce2 still very much sets the standards for memory performance
regardless of the CPU though it should be stressed that VIA's KT600 chipset has
closed the gap to negligable proportions. 
I
was a little surprised to see the 8DA3G trailing the MSI board here. It's not
by a massive margin and it may well be a BIOS glitch or memory compatibility issue
but it's hardly something to get too upset about. Interesting though. 
Cache
and Memory Subsystem Performance 
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