Test System
- Athlon 2200+ XP
- 256 MB DDR 400
- Ti4200 8x
- 40 GB WD HDD
- nForce 2 400 Ultra reference board using 6A62DS06 BIOS dated 4/26/2004
Test software
- Quake3 1.16
- 3DMark 2001 SE
- Sysmark 2001
- SpecViewPerf 6.1.2
When deciding what performance to show, I decided to use our old Athlon XP test platform for this review. While many of the tests are now out-of-date, they are still comparable to the tests from our other Athlon XP motherboard reviews as the rest of the test system is identical. One thing to notice is that the scores are a bit lower than the best performing nForce2 motherboard but in range of the other boards.
