Epox EP-8RGA+ nForce2-IGP Motherboard Review The onboard components include ATA/133, two Firewire ports (IEEE 1394), 10/100 LAN, six ports USB2.0. Table of Contents Filed under: Motherboards Published:  Author:  External Mfg. Website: Epox Mar 21 2003   C. Sun   Home > Reviews > Motherboards > Epox EP-8RGA+

We all know how fast the nForce2/Radeon 9700 Pro is, and for this review it was not used. Our tests with the Epox 8RGA+ are based entirely on the use of the integrated GeForce4 MX GPU.

BAPCO Sysmark 2002	Source:MadOnion / BAPco

SysMark2002 is more of an extension of SysMark2001 rather then a whole new benchmark. The applications used during testing have been updated and most importantly for AMD users, the new SysMark2002 uses the Windows Media Encoder 7.1 which supports the AthlonXP's SSE instructions.

BapCo SysMark 2002 Benchmark Results
	Internet Content (FSB/Memory)	Sysmarks	Ranking
1.	8RDA+ - 166/333	325
2.	8RGA+ - 166/333	317
3.	8RGA+ - 200/400	345
	Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)
1.	8RDA+ - 166/333	198
2.	8RGA+ - 166/333	189
3.	8RGA+ - 200/400	195

At stock it seems the 8RGA+ lags behind the 8RDA+ a bit both Internet Content and Office Productivity. This is most likely due to the integrated GeForce4MX.

Winstone 2002	Source: Zdnet

Content Creation Winstone 2002 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running top, Windows-based, 32-bit, content creation applications on Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Windows XP.

Business Winstone 2002 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running today's top-selling Windows-based 32-bit applications on Windows 98, Windows 2000 (SP6 or later), Windows Me, or Windows XP. Business Winstone doesn't mimic what these packages do; it runs real applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC takes to complete those activities to produce its performance scores.

BapCo SysMark 2002 Benchmark Results
	Content Content (FSB/Memory)	Score	Ranking
1.	8RDA+ - 166/333	33.2
2.	8RGA+ - 166/333	32.6
3.	8RGA+ - 200/400	34.3
	Business Winstone (FSB/Memory)
1.	8RDA+ - 166/333	47.1
2.	8RGA+ - 166/333	45.5
3.	8RGA+ - 200/400	46.5

Like we saw in SysMark2002, the 8RGA+ at stock speeds is a tad slower then the 8RDA+ because of the integrated video. Overclocking does boost the 8RGA+'s performance higher then the 8RDA+ in Content Creation but not in Business Winstone.

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