ABIT NF7-S V2.0 - ABIT NF7-S V2.0

Testing and Benchmarks

System

1. ABIT NF7-S V2.0(14 Beta Bios, nVidia 2.03 drivers)
2. AMD XP 2500+ (333 MHz FSB Barton)
3. 512MB TwinMos PC3700 (2x256 Dual Channel, TwinMos chips)
4. ATI 9700Pro (Catalyst 3.4, default settings)
5. Seagate 120GB SATA HDD
6. Pelt Loop: MCW462-UHT, MCW50-T, Hydor L30, BIX2 Pro, Meanwell s-320
7. H2O Loop: Danger Den z-Chip, Hydor L20m, BIX pro
8. Antec True Control 550W PSU
9. Windows XP Pro (SP1, DX 9.0a)

Benchmarks

1. SiSoft Sandra Pro 2003 (2003.1.9.26)
2. PCMark 2002 Pro
3. 3DMark03 Pro
4. 3DMark 2001 Pro (Build330)
5. Quake 3 (DEMO001)
6. Comanche 4
7. [H] UT23K Benchmark
8. AquaMark

While we didn't get our hands on the 400 MHz FSB Barton's yet, the 2500+ is more than capable of running 3000+, 3200+ and well beyond so we will use the 2500+ throughout the remainder of the testing clocked to match a 3200+ 400MHz FSB Barton as well as running at stock settings (333MHz FSB). So we will look at 2500+, 3200+ (theoretically), and 2504 MHZ (3800+ estimated by SiSoft Sandra, 10.5x238 FSB in sync with the memory, 1.9V Vcore, 2.9V Vdimm, 1.7V VDD, mem timings 2-3-3-7).

We also included some Sandra CPU scores from the Intel side with the ABIT BH7, IC7-G, and FIC VL11P for a very loose comparison of the AMD and Intel Flagship chipsets.

 Benchmarks

SiSoft Sandra

CPU Arithmetic 

 

Firing up Sandra we can see how the board handles the Barton, and scales nicely while pushing the board. We included some Intel numbers purely for reference, and only on the CPU scores since both test beds were running different hardware configurations to see how AMD's current Flagship Chipset compares to Intel's current Flagship Chipset. The Intel SSE scores were not posted since the AMD CPU does not support SSE. The AMD scores don't even come close to the Springdale/Canterwood scores until the board is pushed to it's limit. 

CPU Multimedia 

 

Again, while the NF2 is pushing some very nice scores, they can't touch the Springdale/Canterwood until overclocked. 

Memory Benchmark 

 

This is where the nForce2 gets is go-go juice. It performs its' best running overclocked, with the memory and cpu front side bus in sync. When you pair up the ABIT with a CPU that can overclock, and memory that can handle the higher FSB's, this board will definitely bring a smile to your face.