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Magic-Pro K7N-Ultra S nForce2 SPP Motherboard Review
Magic-Pro K7N-Ultra S nForce2 SPP Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
With the release of VIA's new KT600 chipset the nForce2 finally has some real competition to face up against.
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External Mfg. Website: Magic Pro Jun 12 2003   C. Sun  
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System Spec's and Benchmarks:

pcstats test system specs:

Computer Hardware:

Processor: AthlonXP 3000+
Clock Speed:

13 x 166 MHz = 2.17 GHz

10 x 211 MHz = 2.11 GHz

Motherboards:

Epox 8RGA+
Albatron KX400-8XV
Magic-Pro K7N-Ultra S

Chipsets:

nVIDIA nForce2 IGP
VIA KT400
nVIDIA nForce2 SPP

Videocard:

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

Memory:

2x 256MB Corsair XMS3500 CAS2 (in DC mode)

Hard Drive: 20GB Maxtor DiamondMAX+
CDROM: NEC 52x CD-ROM
Floppy:

Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Drive

Heatsink: Thermalright SK6 w/37 CFM YS Tech
PowerSupply: Vantec 470W Stealth PSU
Software Setup WindowsXP Build 2600
nVIDIA nForce 2.03
Catalyst 3.2
Benchmarks

SysMark 2002
Business Winstone 2002
Content Creation 2002
Winbench 99
SiSoft Sandra 2002
PCMark2002
3DMark2001SE
Quake III Arena
UT2003

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. 8RGA+ - 166/333 325
2. KX400-8XV Pro - 166/333 319
3. K7N-Ultra S - 166/333 326
4. K7N-Ultra S - 211/422 335

Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)

1. 8RGA+ - 166/333 198
2. KX400-8XV Pro - 166/333 185
3. K7N-Ultra S - 166/333 199
4. K7N-Ultra S - 211/422 203

Stock performance of the K7N-Ultra S is very good as it's just as fast as the Epox 8RGA+. Overclocking does not do much in terms of performance.

Winstone 2002 Source: Zdnet

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.

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.

Winstone 2002 Benchmark Results

Business Winstone (FSB/Memory)

Score Ranking
1. 8RGA+ - 166/333 33.2
2. KX400-8XV Pro - 166/333 32.6
3. K7N-Ultra S - 166/333 33.6
4. K7N-Ultra S - 211/422 33

Content Content (FSB/Memory)

1. 8RGA+ - 166/333 47.1
2. KX400-8XV Pro - 166/333 45.1
3. K7N-Ultra S - 166/333 47.6
4. K7N-Ultra S - 211/422

48.5

Here we see that the K7N-Ultra S at stock speeds is just as fast as the Epox 8RGA+. Overclocking lowers performance because of the lower overall CPU speed in Business Winstone 2002.

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Contents of Article: Magic Pro MP-K7N Ultra S
 Pg 1.  Magic-Pro K7N-Ultra S nForce2 SPP Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Heatsink Clarences and Overclocking
 Pg 3.  Checking out the 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.  Not bad for a budget board

 
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