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Epox 4PCA3+ i875P Motherboard Review
Epox 4PCA3+ i875P Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
For not only are Epox motherboards typically fast, they are also typically very good overclockers.
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External Mfg. Website: Epox Jul 21 2003   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: Quake III Arena, UT2003

Quake III Arena

Source: ID Software

Quake III Arena is a First Person Shooter (FPS) that revolutionized gaming as we know it. Using multiple light sources and having graphics textures that can fill videocards, even after 3 years it's still able to bring a cutting edge system to its knees.

Quake III Arena Fastest demo001 (SYSTEM)
Processor FPS Ranking
1. Pentium 4 3.0C/AOpen i875P (200/400) 478.2
2. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i875P (200/400) 478.2
3. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i865PE (200/400) 456.4
4. Pentium 4 3.0C/Abit i865PE (200/400) 454.7
5. Pentium 4 3.0C/Epox i875P (200/400) 492.5
6. Pentium 4 3.0C/Epox i875P (216/432) 526

Quake III Arena Fastest nv15demo (CPU STRESS)
Processor FPS Ranking
1. Pentium 4 3.0C/AOpen i875P (200/400) 129
2. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i875P (200/400) 129
3. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i865PE (200/400) 122.6
4. Pentium 4 3.0C/Abit i865PE (200/400) 122.7
5. Pentium 4 3.0C/Epox i875P (200/400) 135.9
6. Pentium 4 3.0C/Epox i875P (216/432) 141.3

Wow! It looks like Epox optimized their board for performance! The 4PCA3+ is almost able to break 500 fps at stock speeds!

Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo

Source: Epic

Unreal Tournament 2003 is the sequel to 1999's multiple 'Game of the Year' award winner. It uses the very latest Unreal Engine technology - where graphics, sound and game play are taken beyond the bleeding edge. Unreal Tournament 2003 employs the use of Vertex as well as Pixel Shaders and it's recommended that you use a DirectX 8 videocard to get the most out of the game.

UT2003 Demo 640x480 Flyby
Video Card FPS Ranking
1.

Pentium 4 3.0C/AOpen i875P (200/400)

239.67
2. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i875P (200/400) 238.12
3. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i865PE (200/400)

231.1

4. Pentium 4 3.0C/Abit i865PE (200/400) 230.34
5. Pentium 4 3.0C/Epox i875P (200/400) 246.04
6. Pentium 4 3.0C/Epox i875P (216/432) 260.63

UT2003 Demo 640x460 Botmatch
Video Card FPS Ranking
1.

Pentium 4 3.0C/AOpen i875P (200/400)

80.05
2. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i875P (200/400) 79.47
3. Pentium 4 3.0C/MSI i865PE (200/400) 77.44
4. Pentium 4 3.0C/Abit i865PE (200/400) 76.9
5. Pentium 4 3.0C/Epox i875P (200/400) 82.18
6. Pentium 4 3.0C/Epox i875P (216/432) 87.13

Like we saw in Quake III Arena, the Epox 4PCA3+ performs very well in UT2003!

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Contents of Article: Epox 4PCA3+
 Pg 1.  Epox 4PCA3+ i875P Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Epox throws in the kitchen sink
 Pg 3.  Overclocking and 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.  Pretty fast motherboard!

 
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