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ECS KA3 MVP Extreme Motherboard Review
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Reviews Last Updated: June 6, 2006
Page: 6 of 10
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Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick Silver/Black 963290-0403 DH963290 Game Accessory Electronics Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks
Amazon: $29.99 TigerDirect: $24.99
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Overall Performance
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We measured the overall performance of this motherboard using SYSmark2004, which is a program that simulates the use of real-world applications. Thus, we consider this the best software to measure, in practical terms, the system performance.

The benchmarks are divided into two groups:

  • Internet Content Creation: Simulates the authoring of a website containing text, images, videos and animations. The following programs are used: Adobe After Effects 5.5, Adobe Photoshop 7.01, Adobe Premiere 6.5, Discreet 3ds Max 5.1, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Macromedia Flash MX, Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9, McAfee VirusScan 7.0 and Winzip 8.1.
  • Office Productivity: Simulates the use of an office suite, i.e., simulates sending e-mails, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, etc. The following programs are used: Adobe Acrobat 5.05, Microsoft Office XP SP2, Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, NaturallySpeaking 6, McAfee VirusScan 7.0 and Winzip 8.1.

The software delivers specific results for each batch and also an overall performance result, all in a specific SYSmark2004 unit.

Since socket AM2 was just released, we got only another socket AM2 motherboard for comparison, ASUS M2N32-SLI De Luxe. You can see the results on the graph below.

Socket AM2 Review

 On this test both motherboards achieved the same performance level.

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