The system we used to test the Abit AN8 Fatal1ty was configured as follows:

All tests were run under Windows XP SP2 operating system

-PASSMARK

Performance Test allows you to objectively benchmark a PC using a variety of different speed tests, then compare the results to other computers. Twenty seven standard benchmark tests are available in seven test suites plus there are five advanced testing windows for custom benchmarking.

Standard test suites

• CPU tests Mathematical operations, compression, encryption, MMX/SSE, 3DNow! instructions and more
• 2D graphics tests Drawing lines, bitmaps, fonts, text, and GUI elements
• 3D graphics tests Simple to complex DirectX 3D graphics and animations
  
• Disk tests Reading, writing and seeking within disk files
• Memory tests Allocating and accessing memory speed and efficiency
  
• CD / DVD test Test the speed of your CD or DVD drive

The measurements as expected were very good, giving us one of the best results we have had to date at CDRinfo's labs.

-3D MARK 2005

3DMark05 is best suited for the latest generation of DirectX9.0 graphics cards and systems generally. It is the first benchmark to require DirectX9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shaders 2.0 or higher! By combining high quality 3D tests, CPU tests, feature tests, image quality tools and much more, 3DMark05 is a premium benchmark for evaluating the latest generation of gaming hardware.

 

-3DMARK 2003

3DMark 03 is a synthetic benchmark that is designed for the sole purpose of enabling objective performance measurement of DirectX 9 compatible hardware today. 3DMark 03 is a forward-looking tool that provides unique value to consumers in the form of impartial information to support their purchasing decisions today.

 

In both 3D MARK benchmarks, we saw a high score that is amongst the best we have seen.

-GAME BENCHMARKS

-CODECREATURES

This is a benchmark based on the engine of Codecult.The CodeCreatures engine is a fully DirectX 8.1 compliant 3D rendering engine and it incorporates the use of Vertex and PixelShaders.

-PCMARK 04

There are 12 system tests - each one is designed to represent a certain type of PC usage. By running these tests, PCMark04 stresses the components in a similar manner as they are stressed in real life home usage. Three test pairs are run concurrently in separate threads. The overall PCMark04 score is calculated based on tests in the system test suite.

Tests in the system test suite are:

• File compression
• File decompression
• File encryption
• File decryption
• Virus scanning
• Grammar check
• Audio conversion
• Image processing
• Web page rendering
• WMV video compression
• DivX video compression
• Physics calculation and 3D

PCMark04 scores will initially range between a 1100 and 5000 PCMarks.They are scaled such that an entry level system will score approximately 1100 and a high end system will score approximately 5000.

 

 

With all the settings set to default, the AN8 gave us good results. These results were even better than those we measured for the very fast and very popular MSI K8N.

-SISOFT SANDRA 2005

SiSoft Sandra memory bandwidth tests the motherboard's memory bandwidth performance.

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There is no need for a lot of comment with these results, the numbers speak for themselves. Abit's motherboard is simply excellent.