CryTek FarCry 1.33	Source: Ubisoft

Real-time editing, bump mapping, static lights, network system, integrated physics system, shaders, shadows, and a dynamic music system are just some of the state of-the-art features that the CryENGINE offers. The game was set to Ultra quality and the Ubisoft's Regulator demo was run.

CryTek FarCry 1.33
Regulator LQ 640x480	Points	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	185.2
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	170.27
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	171.25
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	175.26
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 C2D E6600 GeForce 7800GTX Single)	262.14
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 C2D E6600 GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	248.63
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600 GeForce 7800GTX Single)	258.65
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600 GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	245.21
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	243.21
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	242.41
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	241.05
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	242.58
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	242.31
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	238.41
Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	242.47
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	245.81
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	252.04
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066 C2D E6750)	245.68
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	262.41
Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe (333/1333 C2D E6750)	258.13
Biostar TP35D2-A7 (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	250.42

If you're in the market to build yourself a budget gaming machine the Biostar TP35D2-A7 definitely worth checking out! Too bad the Intel P35 Express does not support SLI. Framerates are good, the platform even out paces the Gigabyte X38 by 5 FPS.

Doom 3 takes advantage of the latest videocard technology and pushes the processing power of the CPU to its absolute limit. 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.

ID Software Doom 3 1.3
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
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 C2D E6600 GeForce 7800GTX Single)	206.8
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 C2D E6600 GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	204.3
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600 GeForce 7800GTX Single)	206.7
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600 GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	203.5
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	206.3
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	205.9
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	205.7
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	206.7
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	205.8
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	205.3
Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	203.5
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	210.6
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	212.5
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066 C2D E6750)	245.3
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	233.4
Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe (333/1333 C2D E6750)	223
Biostar TP35D2-A7 (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	232.8

Doom 3 framerates hover at 232 FPS. The Biostar TP35D2-A7 and lower latency DDR2 could certainly make itself felt here.

ID Software Quake 4 1.3	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.

ID Software Quake 4 1.3
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
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 C2D E6600 GeForce 7800GTX Single)	203.7
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 C2D E6600 GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	200.6
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600 GeForce 7800GTX Single)	203.5
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600 GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	198.7
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	202.5
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 C2D E6600)	202.8
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	202.8
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	202.6
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	202.4
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	202.1
Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600)	201.2
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	205.8
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600)	207.5
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066 C2D E6750)	233.6
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	227.9
Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe (333/1333 C2D E6750)	223.6
Biostar TP35D2-A7 (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750)	228.6

In the last benchmark test of the day, the Biostar TP35D2-A7 motherboard performs to the tune of 228 FPS. Nice. Let's see how this board stacks up against other Intel socket 775 platforms when it comes to maximum FSB overclocking results.