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ECS PF88 Extreme Hybrid Intel/AMD Motherboard Review
ECS PF88 Extreme Hybrid Intel/AMD Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
The ECS PF88 Extreme Hybrid motherboard, in the configuration pictured, works with either a socket 775 Intel Pentium 4 or socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 processor.
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External Mfg. Website: ECS Sep 06 2005   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: Comanche 4, X2: The Threat

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 - Intel CPU
640x480 FPS Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/533) 57.79
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
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533) 56.03
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 54.64
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400) 54.51
ECS PF88 Extreme (SiS 656 200/400) 53.09

The ECS PF88 Extreme is not intended to be a high-end gamers platform so it is not a surprise to see it come in last by a small margin.

Comanche 4 - AMD CPU
640x480 FPS Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 78.26
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 79.88
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 79.51
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 80.38
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 80.77
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 79.01
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 81.83
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400) 82.03
ECS PF88 Extreme (SiS 756 200/400) 80.61

Athlon64 platforms all perform roughly the same on this benchmark, including the ECS PF88 Extreme.

X2: The Threat Source: Egosoft

A completely rewritten 3D engine based on DirectX8 encompasses many visual effects such as volumetric Nebulae (gas clouds) that have a real impact in the game (you can hide in them) and many new engine, shield, weapon and explosion effects. Objects cast real dynamic 3D shadows! Dynamic DP3 bump mapping allows a previously unseen level of detail.

X2 The Threat - Intel CPU
640x480 FPS Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/533) 162.596
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/533) 176.298
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/533) 184.172
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/533) 173.165
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400) 166.843
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533) 174.335
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 166.333
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400) 151.124
ECS PF88 Extreme (SiS 656 200/400) 118.3

We were very surprised to see these results and yes, we did rerun the tests a few times. Hopefully this is a driver issue.

X2 The Threat - AMD CPU
640x480 FPS Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 189.189
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 192.078
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 198.56
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 208.974
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 172.74
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 171.042
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 211.237
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400) 185.347
ECS PF88 Extreme (SiS 756 200/400) 186.532

Drivers do not seem to be a problem on the AMD side of the benchmark, and the ECS PF88 Extreme performs very well!

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Contents of Article: ECS PF88 Extreme
 Pg 1.  ECS PF88 Extreme Hybrid Intel/AMD Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Onboard Features and Options
 Pg 3.  The SIMA Daughtercard
 Pg 4.  Wireless 802.11G USB Adaptor
 Pg 5.  The SIS 656 and SIS 756 chipsets
 Pg 6.  Overclocking both Intel and AMD
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: SYSmark2004 Intel
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: SYSmark 2004 AMD
 Pg 9.  Benchmarks: Winstone 2004
 Pg 10.  Benchmarks: Winbench 99
 Pg 11.  Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, Super Pi
 Pg 12.  Benchmarks: PCMark04
 Pg 13.  Benchmarks: 3DMark2001
 Pg 14.  Benchmarks: 3DMark05
 Pg 15.  — Benchmarks: Comanche 4, X2: The Threat
 Pg 16.  Benchmarks: UT2003
 Pg 17.  Benchmarks: UT2004
 Pg 18.  Benchmarks: Doom 3
 Pg 19.  Versatility is the key to the ECS PF88 Extreme!

 
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