We wanted to utilize as much
gaming and other assorted benchmarks as possible. We are really
growing accustomed to a little shareware program called "Bench 'em
All" that is free to use for 30 days. Unfortunately, we couldn't get
the HL2 benchmark to run, but it's somewhat controversial anyways
for ATI cards.
Overclocked CPU-243x11 /
Overclocked x800Pro-585-585 in red
Default CPU-200x11 / Default
x800Pro-472-450 in purple
It was interesting to see the similarities
between Call Of Duty and RTCW. Of course they are the same modified
Q3 engine so that's to be expected. ChameleonMark is a benchmark
from the GF-3 days to give you an idea of what kind of leaps and
bounds video card's and system's have made in the last few years
since the TI500 came out. Take note that due to budget constraints
that we used the Q3 Arena Demo instead of the full version. Right
after we finished up our benchmarks I saw Q3 for sale for $10.. oh
well.. our readers will live hopefully. :)
The Soltek K8TPro-939 is a great board for
those of you that need a board without needing a high FSB to achieve
good fps. Its hard to say it, but its kind of a blessing in
disguise, If you can accomplish the same amount of performance at a
less riskier FSB then I cannot see any kind of problem. This board
performs as well as our NF-3 ultra equipped Epox 9nda3+ at a lower
speed, and has absolutely killer frame rates. It did take a long
time getting to know the Soltek's strengths though, and it also
takes a really good power supply, as is the case with every socket
939 board up to date that we've tested. Everything works on the
Soltek, and as a matter of fact it is so stable that it has
continued to run at these overclocked settings no matter what. The
K8TPro-939 also has so many features to ignore it as a board of
choice on a socket 939 platform. We hope that Soltek continues to
develop the BIOS, and we will try and contact those BIOS modders out
there to see if any hidden features can be addressed. If Soltek were
to incorporate more BIOS features than it would get a definite 10 in
the overclocking category. For now all I can say is wow! ClubOC
recommended!
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Club
Overclocker Rating |
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Innovation: |
9.0
out of 10 |
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Performance: |
10 out of 10 |
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Quality: |
10 out of 10 |
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Stability: |
10 out of 10 |
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Overclocking: |
9.0 out of 10 |
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Software Pack: |
N/A |
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Value: |
10 out of 10 |
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Overall Rating 9.5 |
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Skill Level |
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Project Skill Level (10 being hardest) |
4
out of 10 |

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