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ECS KA3MVP Extreme Motherboard - ECS Tries Enthusiast

Manufacturer: Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS)
Product: KA3MVP Deluxe Motherboard
Date: Wed, Oct 11, 2006 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Jason Petermann -
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The Test Setup

Benchmarks and Testing Setup:

Test Platform:

AMD Test Platform

Component

Brand/Model

Live Pricing

Processor

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+

Motherboard

ECS KA3MVP Deluxe

Video Card

ATI X1900 XTX

ATI X1900 CF
 

Memory

Adata PC2 6400 2 GB kit

Hard Drive

Western Digital 250GB, 16mb Cache

Cooling

Corsair Nautilus

Power Supply

Antec Neo HE 550

Operating System

Windows XP Professional w/SP2

 

All tests were run using a clean install of Windows XP Professional with SP2. Both boards used the latest release bios.  For our stock speed tests, we ran everything at default timings for the CPU.  Our stock speed testing used Adata DDR2 6400 2 GB kit, at speeds of 4-4-4-12 and 1.8 vDimm.  Timings for our overclocking were left 4-4-4-12 and 1.8v, but the ram divider was set to 533 to take any ram issues out of the CPU overclocking.  The video card was left at default timings as well for all tests.  For this review, stability was determined by running our battery of tests, plus the ability to complete a SuperPi 32mb test run.

Next Page - The Tests: Overall System Performance - World Bench 5


Review Index
Page 1 - The Board: A Closer Look
Page 2 - The Layout
Page 3 - The Bundle
Page 4 - The Bios
Page 5 - The Test Setup
Page 6 - The Tests: Overall System Performance - World Bench 5
Page 7 - The Tests: Overall System Performance - World Bench 5 Continued
Page 8 - The Tests: Overall System Performance and Memory Bandwidth
Page 9 - The Tests: 3D and Gaming Performance
Page 10 - The Tests: Overclocking
Page 11 - Update: A New Bios
Page 12 - The Conclusion