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Foxconn Intel i945/i955 Dual Core Motherboards

Manufacturer: Foxconn
Product: Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2, 945P7AA-8EKRS2, & 945G7MA-8EKRS2 Motherboards
Date: Thu, Aug 04, 2005 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Rich Caporali
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Test Setups

I was torn as to how I wanted to test these boards. Part of me wanted to use the Intel 840EE in the 955 chipset board and the Pentium D 820 in the 945 boards, but I finally decided to use the same processor, Intel's Pentium 4 640 processor in each board, therefore we can really judge performance across the board. Over the course of time, I will be using all three of these boards in comparative reviews with other boards, but for right now lets focus strictly on these.

The test system used:

  • Intel Pentium 4 640 LGA 775 processor
  • 1 GB Wintec AMPX PC5400 @ 4-4-4-12
  • ATI X850 XT
  • Hitachi 80GB SATA HDD
  • Antec NeoPower 480W PSU
  • Thermalright XP-90C

Benchmarks used:

  • CPU Testing
    3DMark 05 CPU Test
    3DMark03 CPU Test
    Sisoft Sandra 2005 CPU Test
    AquaMark 3 CPU Test 
    PCMark04 Cinebench
    Super Pi 1.4
  • Memory Testing
    Sisoft Sandra 
    Everest V2.0
  • Graphics Testing
    3DMark05 Graphics
    AquaMark 3 Graphics
    Doom 3 Time Demo 1
    Far Cry V 1.41

Next Page - CPU Testing


Review Index
Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - The Foxconn 955X7AA
Page 3 - The Foxconn 945P7AA
Page 4 - The Foxconn 945G7MA
Page 5 - The BIOS
Page 6 - Test Setups
Page 7 - CPU Testing
Page 8 - Memory Testing
Page 9 - Graphics/Game Testing
Page 10 - Final Thoughts