 Unreal Tournament
2004 |
Source: Epic |
|
Unreal
Tournament 2004 is the sequel to the highly popular UT2003 and uses the very
latest Unreal Engine technology. Unreal Tournament 2004 employs the use of
Vertex and Pixel Shaders and it's recommended that you use a DirectX 9 videocard
if you plan to play competitively.
| UT2004 |
| dm-rankin |
FPS |
Ranking |
| ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) |
109.64 |
   |
| Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) |
113.86 |
|
| Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) |
121.22 |
|
| Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) |
126.86 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400) |
115.55 |
|
| Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) |
114.65 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) |
124.07 |
|
| DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400) |
122.5 |
|
| AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+ |
96.2 |
|
| Asus K8N4-E DLX (NF4 200/400) A64 3200+ |
105.8 |
   |
| as-convoy |
FPS |
Ranking |
| ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) |
70.34 |
|
| Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) |
73.1 |
|
| Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) |
73.45 |
|
| Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) |
85.57 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400) |
74.68 |
|
| Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) |
73.97 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) |
79.43 |
|
| DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400) |
78.59 |
|
| AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+ |
64.02 |
|
| Asus K8N4-E DLX (NF4 200/400) A64 3200+ |
71.39 |
|
| ctf-bridgeoffate |
FPS |
Ranking |
| ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) |
150.44 |
|
| Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) |
156.65 |
|
| Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) |
158.15 |
|
| Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) |
176.08 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400) |
158.58 |
|
| Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) |
161.03 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) |
172.21 |
|
| DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400) |
169.47 |
|
| AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+ |
137.52 |
|
| Asus K8N4-E DLX (NF4 200/400) A64 3200+ |
148.5 |
|
Reversing the trend again, the K8N4-E Deluxe gives an
extremely respectable performance in UT2004, nipping at the heels of some of the
4000+-equipped boards.
Doom 3 is
the most advanced game to date. it takes advantage of the latest videocard
technology and pushes the processing power of the CPU to its absolute limit. At
its highest setting, Ultra quality, texture sizes pass the 500MB mark which
means even tomorrow's videocards will have a hard time running everything. The
frame rates in the game itself are locked at 60 fps so anything above that point
is wasted. Each test is run three times with the third run being
recorded.
| Doom3 |
| LQ 640x480: |
FPS |
Ranking |
| ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) |
102.7 |
|
| Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) |
108.2 |
|
| Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) |
107.4 |
|
| Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) |
115 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400) |
108.5 |
|
| Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) |
120.3 |
|
| MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) |
117.5 |
|
| DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400) |
115.7 |
|
| AOpen n250a-FR (NF3 250 200/400) A64 3200+ |
95.1 |
|
| Asus K8N4-E DLX (NF4 200/400) A64 3200+ |
103.3 |
|
Doom 3 framerates are also very nice. The K8N4-E Deluxe
is obviously at its best when handling today's hot games, which is a good
thing.
An excellent upgrade for those with an older
system?
Without support for PCI Express, it is hard for any
platform to make in this day and age. The nForce4 chipset has breathed a lot of
new life (and legitimacy) into the motherboard industry, AMD systems, Intel
systems, and even the socket 754 Athlon64 processor as it nears EOL. Early
adopters now have a real PCI Express alternative to upgrade to, without having
to purchase a whole new processor. Heck, for anyone who wants to put together a
low budget system based on the AMD Sempron, now you don't have to sacrifice
videocard upgradeability!
The Socket 754-based Asus K8N4-E Deluxe is a great motherboard
for its processor class, with a modest feature list and good overall
performance. The board comes with an additional Serial ATA/RAID controller,
Gigabit LAN, IEEE 1394a and a 7.1 channel AC'97 codec. 
The motherboard is
user-friendly, something Asus has always been good with. As you've seen from the
benchmarks on the previous pages, the Asus K8N4-E Deluxe is no performance
slouch despite the slower processor and single channel memory handicap native to
the socket 754 platform.
nForce4 motherboards have always been good at
overclocking and the Asus K8N4-E Deluxe does not disappoint; 262 MHz from a
Socket 754 motherboard is very respectable and we probably could have gone
higher had Asus included some sort of chipset voltage adjustment.
With a retail price of $142 CDN ($115 US), the Asus K8N4-E Deluxe
is an good upgrade option for current Socket 754 Athlon64 users who don't want
to break the bank. AMD has officially announced the end of life (EOL) of the
socket 754 platform, so there isn't too much life left here, but at least the
final days of this CPU formfactor can take full advantage of PCI Express,
extending its useful lifetime a little further.
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