MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum Motherboard Review Built upon the nVidia nForce3 Ultra chipset, the MSI K8N Neo2 supports the socket 939 AMD Athlon64 or AthlonFX processor, and will support up to 4GB of PC3200 DDR memory.  82% Rating:    Table of Contents Filed under: Motherboards Published:  Author:  External Mfg. Website: MSI Oct 01 2004   C. Sun   Home > Reviews > Motherboards > MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum

PCStats Test System Specs:

processor: amd athlon64 3800+ clock speed: 12 x 200 mhz = 2.4 ghz 10 x 236 mhz = 2.36 ghz motherboards: asus a8v (k8t800 pro) msi k8t neo2 fir (k8t800 pro) gigabyte k8nsnxp-939 (nf3-250gb) msi k8n neo2 platinum (k8t800 pro) videocard: ati radeon 9800xt memory: 2x 512mb corsair twinx 3200 xl hard drive: 40gb western digital special ed cdrom: nec 52x cd-rom powersupply: vantec 400b ion software setup windowsxp build 2600 via 4in1 4.51 forceware 4.34 catalyst 4.6 workstation benchmarks sysmark 2004 business winstone 2002 content creation 2002 super pi sisoft sandra 2004 pcmark2002 pcmark04 3dmark2001se aquamark3 comanche 4 x2: the threat ut2003

SYSmark 2004	Source: Bapco

SYSmark 2004 is BAPCo's latest revision of the mainstream office productivity and Internet content creation benchmark used to characterize the performance of the business client. It is based on a foundation of extensive research into emerging usage models and computing trends and incorporates the latest benchmarking methodologies to evaluate platform technologies. SYSmark 2004 contains scientifically designed workloads that represent the range of activities that an office productivity or Internet content creation work may encounter. In addition with extensive validation across multiple platforms, users can be sure of a consistent and reliable performance comparison.

SYSmark 2004 - Benchmark Results
Internet Overall	Points	Ranking
Asus A8V (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	222
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	224
Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	228
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	220
3D Creation	Points	Ranking
Asus A8V (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	209
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	211
Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	212
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	204
2D Creation	Points	Ranking
Asus A8V (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	273
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	271
Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	274
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	271
Web Publication	Points	Ranking
Asus A8V (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	193
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	193
Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	196
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	192

SYSmark 2004 - Benchmark Results
Office Overall	Points	Ranking
Asus A8V (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	200
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	202
Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	204
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	197
Communication	Points	Ranking
Asus A8V (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	209
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	210
Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	212
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	199
Document Creation	Points	Ranking
Asus A8V (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	215
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	217
Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	215
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	207
Data Analysis	Points	Ranking
Asus A8V (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	179
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro, 200/400)	175
Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	185
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra, 200/400)	186

All the motherboards perform about the same here, although the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum is a bit slower in some tests. I doubt you'll notice any performance difference between the motherboards when in actual use.

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