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ECS KA3 MVP Extreme Crossfire Xpress 3200 Motherboard Review
ECS KA3 MVP Extreme Crossfire Xpress 3200 Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
On paper both the ATI 'RD580' Crossfire Xpress 3200 and nVidia nForce 590 SLI chipsets have a very similar feature set.
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Benchmarks: SuperPi, PCMark05

Super Pi Source: SuperPI

SuperPI calculates the number PI to 1 Million digits in this raw number crunching benchmark. The program allows the user to change the number of digits of PI that can be calculated from 16 thousand to 32 million. Our benchmark is set to 1 Million digits and 19 iterations.

SuperPi
1 Million Digits: Seconds Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800) 39
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667) 40
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800) 39
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800) 34
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800) 34
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800) 33
Epox MF570 SLI (NF 570 SLI 200/800) 33
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800) 33
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800) 33
ECS KA3 MVP Extreme (RD580 200/800) 33

When running the AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ processor, virtually all Socket AM2 platforms perform at the same level. The ECS KA3 MVP Extreme is as quick as the rest.

Futuremark PCMark05 Source:FutureMark

PCMark05 is a premium tool for measuring both normal home use and simple 3D performance of the latest PC hardware. There are 11 system tests - each one is designed to represent a certain type of PC usage. By running these tests, PCMark05 stresses the components in a similar manner as they are stressed in normal home usage.

PCMark05:
Overall Points Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800) 6171
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667) 8276
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800) 5955
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800) 6629
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800) 6454
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800) 6647
Epox MF570 SLI (NF 570 SLI 200/800) 6712
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800) 6707
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800) 6127
ECS KA3 MVP Extreme (RD580 200/800) 6705
CPU Points Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800) 5287
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667) 5313
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800) 5379
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800) 5317
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800) 5342
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800) 5832
Epox MF570 SLI (NF 570 SLI 200/800) 5756
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800) 5729
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800) 5336
ECS KA3 MVP Extreme (RD580 200/800) 5762
Memory Points Ranking
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800) 4148
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667) 4121
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800) 4151
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800) 4964
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800) 5074
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800) 5113
Epox MF570 SLI (NF 570 SLI 200/800) 5198
Foxconn C51XEM2AA (NF 590 SLI 200/800) 5216
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800) 5035
ECS KA3 MVP Extreme (RD580 200/800) 5211

PCMark05 Overall and CPU section results are in line with the the motherboard platforms based on the nVidia nforce 500-series. The Memory portion of PCmark05 scores nice and high too. ATI has definitely produced a competent chipset in the 'RD580'.

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Contents of Article: ECS KA3 MVP Extreme
 Pg 1.  ECS KA3 MVP Extreme Crossfire Xpress 3200 Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Accessories - Everything but the kitchen sink?
 Pg 3.  ECS KA3 MVP Extreme Motherboard Highlights
 Pg 4.  ATi Crossfire Xpress 3200 Overclocking
 Pg 5.  Test System Specs / Sysmark 2004
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: Office Productivity, SiSoft Sandra, Super Pi
 Pg 7.  — Benchmarks: SuperPi, PCMark05
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: 3DMark05, 3DMark06
 Pg 9.  Benchmarks: FarCry, Doom 3, Quake 4
 Pg 10.  Crossfire vs. nForce

 
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