3DMark05	Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is the latest version of the highly favoured 3DMark graphics benchmarking series. It is the first benchmark to require DirectX®9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 or higher.

3DMark05
Overall:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	4482
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	4959
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4678
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	5517
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400 X800 XT)	5627
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	5896
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5708
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5585
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5572
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	5519
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT)	6748
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	5583
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	6209
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	5579
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	6144
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	5568
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	6575
ABIT AN8-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	5549
ABIT AN8-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	6314
CPU:	Points	Ranking
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	4824
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	4920
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	4654
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	5096
MSI RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400 X800 XT)	4835
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	4893
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5088
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	5042
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	4560
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	5113
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT)	5174
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	5321
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	5158
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	5110
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	5133
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	4851
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	5289
ABIT AN8-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	4962
ABIT AN8-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	5167

3DMark05 numbers are very good. Team up the ABIT AN8-SLI motherboard with a good videocard and you have a great 3D gaming platform!

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	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 RS480M2-IL (RS480 200/400 X800 XT)	77.92
Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC-8EKRS (NF4 200/400)	79.84
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	79.01
ECS KN1 Extreme (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	80.44
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	80.77
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	81.16
Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT)	79.09
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	81.83
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	81.24
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	82.03
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	81.47
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	80.4
Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8KRS (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	79.15
ABIT AN8-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 X800 XT)	80.74
ABIT AN8-SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400 6600GT SLI)	81.3

Don't be surprised that all the motherboards perform the same, nVIDIA's NF4 SLI chipset is very fast and motherboard manufacturers have done an excellent job at implementing it.