- Motherboard (BIOS): ABIT KG7-RAID (BIOS 5W)
- CPU: AMD 1400 MHz
- Cooler: Dynatron DY1206BH-61
- Memory: 256 MB Corsair PC2400 CAS-2 DDR DIMM
- Chipset: AMD 761 Northbridge VT82C686B Southbridge
- Video: Cardex GeForce 3 Golden Sample
- DVD: Pioneer 16X DVD Player
- CD-RW: Plextor 16x10x40 CD Rewriter
- Hard Drive: IBM Deskstar 7200 rpm UDMA100 IC35040AVER07
- Sound: Creative SoundBlaster Live Player
- Power Supply: Sparkle FPS350W
- Monitor: 19" Optiquest v95
- Operating System: Windows XP Professional
- Chipset Driver: Via 4 in 1 Version 4.35
- VGA Driver: Detonator Version 21.88 for XP
- Desktop Resolution: 1024x768 32 Bit @75 Hz Vsync:Off
After the stability tests I uninstalled the TV Tuner and the network protocols because Sysmark 2001 requires no network connections or unnecessary TSR utilities. For Sysmark 2001 we need Patch 3 installed for Windows XP.
Specviewperf Scores
| AWadvs-04 Weighted Geometric Mean
|
76.31 |
| DRV-07 Weighted Geometric Mean |
19.69 |
| DX-06 Weighted Geometric Mean |
24.15 |
| Light-04 Weighted Geometric Mean |
8.202 |
| MedMCAD-01 Weighted Geometric Mean |
33.22 |
| ProCDRS-03 Weighted Geometric Mean |
15.96 |
For 3Dmark2001 first we chose the "Best Image Quality" from the Detonator Driver and chose Triple Buffering and 32 Bit from the 3Dmark 2001 Settings.
Settings for Quake III Arena:
- Quake III Arena Patch Version: 1.16 (Newer Versions don't support standard demo tests)
- 1024x768 32 Bit
- Demo Test: demo1
- Geometric Detail: High
- Texture Detail: High
- Texture Quality: 32 Bit
- Color Depth: 32 Bit
- Texture Filter: Trilinear
- Settings for Open GL (Detonator Driver): Best Image Quality
- Console Settings
- +set cd_nocd 1
- +set s_initsound 0
- r_swapinterval 0
Result: 146 fps
Performance summary
This motherboard is like a Ferrari on an uncontrolled highway. Driver! Of course I'm the driver. But lets wait and see the results for KT266A motherboards.
