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ASrock Penryn 1600SLI X3-WiFi nForce 680i SLI Motherboard Review
ASrock Penryn 1600SLI X3-WiFi nForce 680i SLI Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
The Penryn1600SLI X3-WiF motherboard is built on nVidia's nForce 680i SLI chipset, and as you may have guessed this platform supports Intel 'penryn' quad core, 45nm 'yorkfield' and dual core 'wolfdale' processors.
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Motherboard Benchmarks: Quake 4, FEAR

ID Software Quake 4 1.04

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.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportID Software Quake 4 1.04
LQ 640x480: Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 221.4
Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 199.3
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 213.7
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 202.2
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 217.5
Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 206.5
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 221.6
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 227.6
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 215.2
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 224.5
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 207.1
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2) 206.7
UQ 1024x768: Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 205.6
Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 187.2
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 191.6
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 170
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 223.6
Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 202.1
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 208.5
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 208.9
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 206.1
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 207.9
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 183.7
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2) 205.06

The Asrock Penryn1600 SLIX3 handles Quake 4 well enough, though other platforms score better.

Sierra FEAR 1.08

Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSierra FEAR 1.08
Minimum 640x480: Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 568
Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 565
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 545
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 558
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 567
Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 553
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 563
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 575
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 554
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 572
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 551
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2) 545
Maximum 1024x768: Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 137
Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 137
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 134
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 122
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 134
Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 134
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 124
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 130
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 124
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 125
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 126
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2) 135

FEAR results also show us the Asrock Penryn1600 SLIX3-WiFi board is perfectly suitable for gaming at 1024.

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Contents of Article: ASRock Penryn 1600SLI X3-WiFi
 Pg 1.  ASrock Penryn 1600SLI X3-WiFi nForce 680i SLI Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  The Good / The Bad?
 Pg 3.  Motherboard Highlights Gallery
 Pg 4.  nVIDIA nForce 680i Chipset & Overclocking
 Pg 5.  Asrock BIOS Tweaking Tools
 Pg 6.  Motherboard Benchmarks: Sysmark 2007
 Pg 7.  Motherboard Benchmarks: Sandra XII 2008
 Pg 8.  Motherboard Benchmarks: PCMark Vantage
 Pg 9.  Motherboard Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark06, SuperPi
 Pg 10.  — Motherboard Benchmarks: Quake 4, FEAR
 Pg 11.  Maximum Overclocking Results & Conclusions

 
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