FIRST LOOK: ULi M1697 for Athlon 64/x2

Gaming Performance

Through all of the gaming benchmarks, the ULi M1697 performed about the same overall, as did other recently tested top Socket 939 boards running the 7800GTX with 81.xx drivers. Most game results were in the middle of a tightly packed cluster. While the M1697 was the bottom of Quake 4, the spread between top and bottom was an insignificant 2% variation in frame rates. This was offset by top performance in F.E.A.R. and Aquamark 3.