Epox 9NDA3+: A New Socket 939
by Wesley Fink on October 25, 2004 12:01 AM EST- Posted in
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General Performance and Encoding
The Epox 9NDA3+ results are reported in orange through all the benchmarks. In General Performance and Encoding, the Epox was certainly competitive with other Socket 939 boards, but the performance was generally at the low end compared to other nForce3 Ultra boards. We suspect that this will improve as the BIOS matures, since we had other issues with the current BIOS in the review. Given the outstanding DirectX 9 gaming performance of the Epox, we can see no reason other than the BIOS that might be holding back performance in Winstones, PCMark04 and Encoding.
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ksherman - Monday, October 25, 2004 - link
I think you should change the title a little bit... kinda misleading to say "Epox 9NDA3+: New Choice for Socket 939" You should write Epox 9NDA3+: A New Choice for Socket 939. I find it to be a little misleading... just my input!Shermie
Gnoad - Monday, October 25, 2004 - link
Tell me about it. I really don't want an MSI board but its basically the only option right now. DFI and Abit need to get their arse in gear quick. Mmmm, socket 939 LanParty board.....that would be my future board right there.Zebo - Monday, October 25, 2004 - link
#2, AGPMany people sunk $400-$600 in new AGP cards and want to use them. Many cards arnt PCIe. Basically NF4 probably won't support the graphics standard 98% of people have.
Wes, Where are the real enthusiast boards? Ya know ASUS/ABIT/DFI :( Hard to believe MSI has the best NF3 board still.
Beenthere - Monday, October 25, 2004 - link
nF4 is PCIe only not AGP. nF3 and nF4 are virtually identical other than AGP vs. PCIe.FearoftheNight - Monday, October 25, 2004 - link
Why not straight to nf4?????Budman - Monday, October 25, 2004 - link
page 3 ... this a DFI or Epox board??The basic layout of the DFI is generally excellent, with some standout elements and a few glaring layout faults.