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The VIA K8T890 chipset supports PCI Express, so as you'd expect we see a full PCI Express x16 video slot on this board.
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Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Winbench 99

Winstone 2004 Source: Zdnet

Content Creation Winstone 2004 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running top, Windows-based, 32-bit, content creation applications in Windows XP.

Business Winstone 2004 runs real applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC takes to complete these activities to produce its performance scores.

Winstone 2004

Business Winstone 2004: Points Ranking

ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 27

Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 28.6

MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) N/A

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) N/A

Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 29.4

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 33.4

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 29.3

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 28.6

Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 27.3

Content Creation 2004: Points Ranking

ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 34.7

Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 37.2

MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) N/A

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) N/A

Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 35.9

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 36.3

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 35.7

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 35.1

Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 36.2

These results are quite interesting; in Business Winstone 2004 the Albatron K8X890 Pro II does not do that well, but in Content Creation 2004, the motherboard is near the top. Overall, the motherboard is showing excellent performance so far.

Winbench 99 Source: Zdnet

WinBench 99 is a subsystem-level benchmark that measures the performance of a PC's graphical, disk, and video subsystems in a Windows environment. WinBench 99's tests can run on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP systems.

Winbench 99

Business Disk WinMark: Points Ranking

ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 30000

Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 9990

MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 19600

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 19400

Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 19200

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 18900

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 8530

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 4060

Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 10700

High-End Disk WinMark: Points Ranking

ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 51800

Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 34900

MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 43300

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 41000

Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 42600

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 36900

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 33600

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 31900

Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 38500

Business Graphics WinMark: Points Ranking

ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 1580

Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 1700

MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 1490

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 1580

Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 1560

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 1710

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 1470

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 916

Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 1640

High-End Graphics WinMark: Points Ranking

ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 2470

Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 2650

MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 2460

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 2490

Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 2480

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 2660

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 2230

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 2130

Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 2560

The HDD numbers from the Albatron K8X890 Pro II are lower than we expected, but results from this portion of the benchmark tend to be all over the map with newer chipsets. Otherwise, the motherboard performs in line with the upper echelon of our test group.

Contents of Article: Albatron K8X890 Pro II

Pg 1. Albatron K8X890 Pro II K8T890 Motherboard Review
Pg 2. The sexy new K8T890 chipset!
Pg 3. Albatron's BIOS
Pg 4. Benchmarks: SYSmark 2004
Pg 5. — Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Winbench 99
Pg 6. Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra 2004, Super Pi
Pg 7. Benchmarks: PCMark04, 3DMark2001
Pg 8. Benchmarks: 3DMark05, AquaMark3
Pg 9. Benchmarks: Comanche 4, X2: The Threat, UT2003
Pg 10. Benchmarks: UT2004, Doom 3

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