Test System

• Athlon 64
• SOYO Dragon CK8 nForce3 motherboard
• 512MB DDR3200 Corsair XMS memory CAS 2.0
• 16X DVDROM
• 3400+ CPU running at 2.2 GHz
• 3200+ CPU running at 2.0 GHz
• ATI RADEON 9700 Pro running 3.10 Catalyst drivers
• Windows XP Service Pack 1
• 40GB Maxtor ATA133 Hard Disk Drive

Pentium 4

• ABIT IC7 MAX-3
• CPU Intel 3.2 Pentium 4 HT enabled
• 512MB DDR 3200 Corsair XMS memory CAS 2.0 2x 256MB in Dual Channel mode
• ATI RADEON 9700 Pro running 3.10 Catalyst Drivers
• Windows XP Service Pack 1
• Maxtor 40 GB ATA133 Hard Disk Drive

Software

• SYSmark 2002
• SYSmark 2004
• PCmark04
• 3Dmark 2001 Se Build 330
• 3DMark 2003 Build 340
• UT2003
• SpecViewPerf 7.1.1
• Quake 3

A word should be given about the test suite I used in this review. It’s the same suite I use for Motherboards.org reviews. The test motherboards are the very popular ABIT IC7 Max-3 and the fastest Athlon 64 motherboard I’ve tested the SOYO CK8 Dragon Plus.