pcstats test system specs:
computer hardware:
processor:	athlonxp 3200+
clock speed:	11 x 200 mhz = 2.2 ghz 9.5 x 230 mhz = 2.19 ghz
motherboards:	epox 8rga+ gigabyte ga-7vt600 1394 albatron kx18d pro ii
chipsets:	nforce2 igp kt600 nforce2 ultra 400
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:	thermalright sk6 w/36cfm delta
powersupply:	vantec 470w stealth psu
software setup	windowsxp build 2600 nvidia nforce 2.03 via 4in1 4.48 catalyst 3.6
workstation benchmarks	sysmark2002 business winstone 2002 content creation 2002 superpi povray sisoft sandra 2003 pcmark2002 3dmark2001se quake iii arena ut2003

BAPCO Sysmark 2002	Source:Futuremark / 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+ - 200/400	343
2.	GA-7VT600 - 200/400	330
3.	KX18D Pro II - 200/400	343
4.	KX18D Pro II - 230/460	356
	Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)
1.	8RGA+ - 200/400	210
2.	GA-7VT600 - 200/400	206
3.	KX18D Pro II - 200/400	212
4.	KX18D Pro II - 230/460	224

At stock speeds the KX18D Pro II runs about the same speed as the Epox 8RGA+. When overclocked, despite running the processor a bit slower, the board is still able to score quite a bit higher than the competition!

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 Content (FSB/Memory)	Score	Ranking
1.	8RGA+ - 200/400	36.6
2.	GA-7VT600 - 200/400	36.5
3.	KX18D Pro II - 200/400	37.6
4.	KX18D Pro II - 230/460	39.2
	Business Winstone (FSB/Memory)
1.	8RGA+ - 200/400	50.4
2.	GA-7VT600 - 200/400	49.4
3.	KX18D Pro II - 200/400	52.5
4.	KX18D Pro II - 230/460	55.6

There's little doubt that the nForce2 is faster than VIA's KT600. The KX18D Pro II squeaks out the lead at stock, and blows everything else away when overclocked.