Doom 3	Source: id Software

Doom 3 at its highest setting, Ultra quality, texture sizes pass the 500MB mark which means even tomorrow's videocards will have a hard time running everything. The frame rates in the game itself are locked at 60 fps so anything above that point is wasted. Each test is run three times with the third run being recorded.

Doom3
LQ 640x480:	FPS	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	148.4
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	144.5
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	144.3
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	141.1
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840)	104.3
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 PD 840)	144.3
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840)	96.6
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	205.7
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	206.7
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	205.8

Doom 3 is traditionally quite tough on systems, yet the Core 2 Duo and P965 Express combo kicks the 200 fps barrier by a couple frames.

Quake 4	Source: id Software

Quake 4 is the latest shooter from ID and is based on the Doom 3 engine. Tweaked to for more eye candy, Quake 4 promises to be tougher on videocards and systems than its predecessor was. Quake 4 also does not have a 60 fps limiter like Doom 3, with the Ultra setting, graphic textures can surpass the 500MB mark! Each test is run three times and with the third run being recorded.

Quake 4
LQ 640x480	FPS	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	154.4
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	152.9
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	150.5
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	146.4
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840)	127.3
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 PD 840)	150.5
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840)	113.8
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	202.8
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	202.6
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	202.4

The last test of the day puts the Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H in a pretty good light. As you can see P965 Express motherboards all perform within a hair of each other.