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The AMD
690G chipset is a good overclocker in most of the motherboards PCSTATS
has tested first hand. As usual, PCSTATS will be relying on an AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+
processor and a 2GB set of Corsair DOMINATOR Twin2X2048-8888C4DF memory. Corsair make fast
memory, and these puppies are about as high end as it gets... which to be
realistic is beyond the actual requirements of a microATX
system.
Now, in this particular
case, I think the processor will
be the limiting factor as the motherboard has no multiplier adjustments. Oh well, on goes the
overclocking. ;-) Starting at 200 MHz, the motherboard frequency will be increased
in small 5 MHz steps.
Without tweaking the voltage, the Foxconn A690GM2MA-RS2H
motherboard hit a top speed of 260 MHz, anything higher and it was like the system
hit a magical barrier. That really burst the bubble on our overclocking
fun. Pooh.
Heat wasn't an issue, I'm not sure what the problem was but
going past 260 MHz was just not possible. That's not a huge deal though the
Foxconn A690GM2MA-RS2H motherboard is intended for the entry level market, not
hardcore overclockers.
A quick peek into the
BIOS:
For an entry level motherboard, Foxconn sure includes a lot of
memory timing adjustments! There are enough here to keep a hardcore enthusiast
busy for weeks and if you like tweaking the A690GM2MA-RS2H motherboard will be
fun to play with for sure.
The maximum voltage that can be applied to the DDR2 memory is 2.4V and you can
increase the Northbridge voltage an additional 0.6V. The Foxconn A690GM2MA-RS2H motherboard motherboard
frequency can be adjusted between 200-500 MHz in 1 MHz increments.
Prelude to Benchmarks
With the AMD 690G being Microsoft
Windows Vista ready, PCSTATS will be testing the MSI K9AG Neo2 Digital
motherboard in Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit. Consequently there are slightly
less benchmarks than we would normally have for a WindowsXP based test system
because benchmark compatibility with Vista is still finding its feet.
The
details of how the Foxconn A690GM2MA-RS2H motherboard test system was configured for
benchmarking; the specific hardware, software drivers, operating system and
benchmark versions is indicated below. In the second column are the general
specs for the reference platforms this AMD 690G based motherboard is to be
compared against. Please take a moment to look over PCSTATS test system
configurations before moving on to the individual benchmark results on the next
page.
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PCSTATS Test System Configurations |
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