Performance on the eVGA nForce4 Standard motherboard is as to be expected from an nForce4 board. Notable performance differences are found in the memory tests, with SLI mode offering more memory performance than the standard nForce4. Performance increased to SLI levels when the pencil trick was used, however, this is a retail motherboard review and not an experimental review.
Test System
- AMD Athlon 64 4000+
- 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR400 memory
- 2 36GB WD Raptor 10000 RPM SATA HDDs
- XFX GEFORCE 6800GT running 77.72 Forceware drivers
- nForce4 Standard motherboard
- Windows XP with SP2
- DirectX 9.0c
Test Software
- Doom 3
- HL2
- Aquamark 3
- 3dmark05
- 3dmark03
- Sysmark 2004
- PCMark04
- PCMark04 Memory
- Sisoft Sandra 2005 Memory Test
