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MSI 661FM3-V Motherboard Review
MSI 661FM3-V Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
The MSI 661FM3-V Micro-ATX motherboard, which is based on the SIS 661FX chipset and SIS 964 Southbridge. This tiny board supports all 533/800MHz FSB Intel Socket 775 Pentium 4 processors.
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External Mfg. Website: MSI May 30 2005   M. Dowler  
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Benchmarks: 3DMark05, Comanche 4

3DMark05 Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is the latest version of the highly favoured 3DMark graphics benchmarking series. It is the first benchmark to require DirectX9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 or higher.

3DMark05
Overall: Points Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/533) 5483
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/533) 5149
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 4662
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533) 5431
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400) 5483
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/533) 5576
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400 Onboard Video) 660
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400 X800 XT) 5437
MSI 661FM3-V (SIS 661FX 200/400 X800XT) 5588
MSI 661FM3-V (SIS 661FX 200/400 integrated SIS graphics) 0
CPU: Points Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/533) 5096
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/533) 4694
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 4228
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533) 4447
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400) 4585
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/533) 4619
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400 Onboard Video) 3091
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400 X800 XT) 4103
MSI 661FM3-V (SIS 661FX 200/400 X800XT) 3687
MSI 661FM3-V (SIS 661FX 200/400 integrated SIS graphics) 0

Well that's an interesting about face. The 661FM3-V pulls down the highest overall 3DMark 2005 score in our test group! The CPU score was poor, which can be partially attributed to the single-channel memory system of the board. The integrated video would not run these tests due to its lack of hardware T&L.

Comanche 4 Source: Novalogic

The Comanche 4 benchmark demo is a unique test as it represents a real-world gaming experience. It contains the single player "Eagle's Talon" mission from the game as well as a detailed cinematic. This DirectX 8.1 benchmark demo will measure your system's performance in the standard frames per second format. The benchmark was run with audio disabled.

Comanche 4
640x480 Points Ranking
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/533) 58.25
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/533) 59.44
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/533) 56.07
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400) 55.72
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 54.64
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533) 56.03
AOpen i915Pa-PLF (915P 200/400) 57.93
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/533) 57.79
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400 Onboard Video) 16.54
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400 X800 XT) 54.51
MSI 661FM3-V (SIS 661FX 200/400 X800XT) 53.05
MSI 661FM3-V (SIS 661FX 200/400 integrated SIS graphics) 0

The systems bunch together in the Comanche test, but the 661FM3-V does lag slightly behind. Again, due to its lack of hardware Transform and Lighting capabilities, the onboard video card would not run this benchmark.

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Contents of Article: MSI 661FM3-V
 Pg 1.  MSI 661FM3-V Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Overclocking the MSI 661FM3-V
 Pg 3.  Benchmarks: SYSmark 2004
 Pg 4.  Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Winbench 99
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra 2005, Super Pi
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: PCMark04, 3DMark2001
 Pg 7.  — Benchmarks: 3DMark05, Comanche 4
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: X2: The Threat, UT2003
 Pg 9.  Benchmarks: UT2004, Doom 3
 Pg 10.  Upgrade for an older system...

 
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