By
combining DirectX8 support with completely new graphics, 3DMark 2001 SE
continues to provide a good overall system benchmark. 3DMark2001 SE was created
in co-operation with the major 3D accelerator and processor manufacturers to
provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite demonstrates 3D gaming
performance by using real-world gaming technology to test a system's true
abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders, Pixel Shaders and Point
Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping, support for Full Scene
Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests using Ipion real-time
physics. Higher 3DMark scores denote better performance.
3DMark2001SE: |
Motherboards: |
Points |
Ranking |
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667) |
22257 |
|
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667) |
21723 |
|
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX
Single) |
22643 |
|
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX
SLI) |
24882 |
|
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX
Single) |
22557 |
|
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX
SLI) |
24388 |
|
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800 7800GTX
Single) |
22772 |
|
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800 7800GTX
SLI) |
24600 |
|
3DMark2001 numbers are in line with the other nForce4 SLI
Intel Edition motherboards which is pretty good. Performance with a single
videocard is the same as Intel's 955X.
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 |
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667) |
7207 |
|
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667) |
7126 |
|
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX
Single) |
7200 |
|
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX
SLI) |
8446 |
|
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX
Single) |
7237 |
|
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX
SLI) |
8426 |
|
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800 7800GTX
Single) |
7213 |
|
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800 7800GTX
SLI) |
8406 |
|
CPU: |
Points |
Ranking |
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667) |
6397 |
|
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667) |
6201 |
|
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX
Single) |
6485 |
|
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX
SLI) |
6512 |
|
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX
Single) |
6001 |
|
Epox 5NVA+ SLI (NF4 SLI 200/800 GeForce 7800GTX
SLI) |
5868 |
|
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800 7800GTX
Single) |
5646 |
|
Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (NF4 SLI 200/800 7800GTX
SLI) |
5571 |
|
I am rather surprised at how little SLI improves things
on the Intel side of the world. Hopefully as the platform matures, nVIDIA can
extract more performance out of its chipset and dual videocards.