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MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R i865PE motherboard Review
MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R i865PE motherboard Review - PCSTATS
Today we're going to be weighing the pros and cons of MSI's first entry into the mainstream Springdale (i865PE) desktop mainboard market.
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External Mfg. Website: MSI Jun 11 2003   C. Sun  
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System Spec's and Benchmarks

pcstats test system specs:

computer hardware:

processor:

athlonxp 3000+
pentium 4 3.0c*

clock speed:

13 x 166 = 2.16 ghz
21 x 133 mhz = 2.8 ghz
15 x 200 mhz = 3.0 ghz

15 x 235 mhz = 3.53 ghz

motherboards:

epox 8rga+
aopen ax4c max (dc ddr)
aopen ax4spe (dc ddr)
albatron px865pe pro ii (dc ddr)
msi 865pe neo2-fis2r

chipsets:

nforce2 igp
i875p
i865pe

videocard:

ati radeon 9700 pro

memory:

2x 256mb corsair xms3500 cas2

hard drive: 20gb maxtor diamondmax+
cdrom: nec 52x cd-rom
floppy:

panasonic 1.44mb floppy drive

heatsink: avc sunflower
powersupply: vantec 470w stealth psu
software setup windowsxp build 2600
intel inf 5.00.1012
catalyst 3.2
workstation benchmarks

business winstone 2002
content creation 2002
winbench 99
sisoft sandra 2003
pcmark2002
3dmark2001se<br>quake iii arena

* - hyperthreading was enabled and running for all the tests.

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. AthlonXP 3000+/nForce2 IGP (166/333) 375
2. Pentium 4 3.0C/AOpen i875P (200/400) N/A
3. Pentium 4 3.0C/AOpen i865PE (200/400) 425
4. Pentium 4 3.0C/Albatron i865PE (200/400) 427
5. Pentium 4 3.0C/Magic-Pro i865PE (200/400) 425
6. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i865PE (200/400) 426
7. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i865PE (235/470) 485

Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)

1 AthlonXP 3000+/nForce2 IGP (166/333) 180
2. Pentium 4 3.0C/AOpen i875P (200/400) N/A
3. Pentium 4 3.0C/AOpen i865PE (200/400) 218
4. Pentium 4 3.0C/Albatron i865PE (200/400) 220
4. Pentium 4 3.0C/Magic-Pro i865PE (200/400) 220
6. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i865PE (200/400) 221
7. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i865PE (235/470) 279

It should be pretty obvious to anyone out there now that an i865PE will give you good stock performance regardless of manufacturer.

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.

Winstone 2002 Benchmark Results
Content Creation (FSB/Memory) Score Ranking
1. AthlonXP 3000+/nForce2 IGP (166/333) 47.2
2. Pentium 4 3.0C/AOpen i875P (200/400) 48.6
3. Pentium 4 3.0C/AOpen i865PE (200/400) 47.8
4. Pentium 4 3.0C/Albatron i865PE (200/400) 47.5
5. Pentium 4 3.0C/Magic-Pro i865PE (200/400) 47.6
6. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i865PE (200/400) 47.6
7. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i865PE (235/470) 52.9

Business Winstone (FSB/Memory)

1 AthlonXP 3000+/nForce2 IGP (166/333) 33.2
2. Pentium 4 3.0C/AOpen i875P (200/400) 34.7
3. Pentium 4 3.0C/AOpen i865PE (200/400) 33.7
4. Pentium 4 3.0C/Albatron i865PE (200/400) 33.5
5. Pentium 4 3.0C/Magic-Pro i865PE (200/400) 33.2
6. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i865PE (200/400) 33.5
7. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i865PE (235/470) 37.6

Like SysMark2002 we see that the i865PE motherboards perform all the same at stock speeds. Overclockng does boot overall performance quite a bit.

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Contents of Article: MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R
 Pg 1.  MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R i865PE motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  What the heck is CoreCell?
 Pg 3.  Overclocking and BIOS
 Pg 4.  — System Spec's and Benchmarks
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: Winbench 99, SiSoft Sandra 2003
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: PCMark2002, 3DMark2001SE
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: Quake III Arena, UT2003
 Pg 8.  The MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R can deliver

 
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