FIRST LOOK - nForce4: Gigabyte K8NXP-9
by Wesley Fink on November 12, 2004 8:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Performance Tests
DirectX 9 Gaming
There were many positive responses to using a larger group of DirectX 9 games in our last "First Look", so we're including more recent DX9 games in this "First Look" at a production nForce4 board.
The real comparison here is the nVidia nForce4 Reference Board and the Gigabyte K8NXP-9. Gigabyte has done an excellent job on their nForce4 board. The K8NXP-9 wins every comparison with the nF4 Reference board except Aquamark 3, which is virtually the same with both boards. If this is a reflection of what is coming with shipping nF4 boards, we all have reasons to be pleased. For now, it is fair to say that the Gigabyte K8NXP-9 provides the best performance we have seen on an nForce4 motherboard
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Jeff7181 - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
"Gigabyte LAN?" Shouldn't that say "Gigabit LAN?" Or is that their proprietary name for the onboard LAN they use on their boards?Wesley Fink - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
#2 and #5 - Pricing has not been announced. My guess based on past Gigabyte positioning would be around $200-$230 for the top model, but that is just a guess. Gigabyte will also likely have lower featured versions of the same board at lower prices#6 - Full performance comparisons of nForce3 Ultra and nForce4 were run at nF4 launch at http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?... Performance of nF3 and nF4 is basically the same - the only real difference is PCIe instead of AGP.
flexy - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
thanks wesley !!That 1gig HT works is GREAT news :!
And my other only question left...any idea how it looks with big HSFs, especially the ThermalRight XP-120 ???
Aquila76 - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
What about a performance test against the 'Old Guard' s939 nForce3 Ultra? Or will that be in the next s939 MoBo roundup?tart666 - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
pricing?Wesley Fink - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
#3 - ALL becnchmarks were run with 5X or 1000HT enabled.flexy - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
whow...whow..whow...but you didnt answer the most important question, is the 1gig HT (5x multi) still broken ? What board revision was this ?
Gnoad - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
Finally a s939 board that makes me pleased.LeadFrog - Friday, November 12, 2004 - link
Nice board. What will be the price?