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MSI P4N Diamond NF4-SLI Intel Edition Motherboard Review
MSI P4N Diamond NF4-SLI Intel Edition Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
Since the MSI P4N Diamond is based on the nForce4 SLI chipset, it supports running two nVidia GeForce 6xxx videocards in SLI mode. The innovation is the switchless changeover.
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External Mfg. Website: MSI Sep 13 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
640x480 FPS Ranking
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/533) 60.25
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/533) 59.52
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/667 7800 GTX Single) 60.59
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/667 7800 GTX SLI) 57.96
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/667 7800GTX Single) 59.94
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/667 7800GTX SLI) 57.85

All systems perform approximately the same which should not be a surprise since the processor is running the same speed on all platforms. At this low resolution, the test is entirely system limited that is why running SLI does not boost FPS.

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
640x480 FPS Ranking
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/533) 175.462
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/533) 198.515
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/667 7800 GTX Single) 188.807
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/667 7800 GTX SLI) 242.843
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/667 7800GTX Single) 200.56
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/667 7800GTX SLI) 234.423

Performance in X2: The Threat are all over the place and I am not sure why, I reran the tests on all platforms a couple of times. The MSI P4N Diamond motherboard does very well here both in single and SLI tests.

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Contents of Article: MSI P4N Diamond
 Pg 1.  MSI P4N Diamond NF4-SLI Intel Edition Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  NF4-SLI Chipset Cooling
 Pg 3.  Oooo Switchless SLI!
 Pg 4.  Overclocking the Diamond
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: SYSmark 2004
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Winbench 99
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, Super Pi
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: PCMark04, PCMark05
 Pg 9.  Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, 3DMark05
 Pg 10.  — Benchmarks: Comanche 4, X2: The Threat
 Pg 11.  Benchmarks: UT2003, UT2004
 Pg 12.  Benchmarks: Doom 3 and Conclusions...

 
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