Epox 9NPA+ Ultra nForce4 Ultra Motherboard Review Posted by Ryan Shrout | Mar 31, 2005 | Motherboards | 0 Manufacturer: Epox ContentsIntroduction and SpecificationsThe Epox 9NPA+ Motherboard based on the nForce4 Ultra chipset looks to be a surprisingly good board from a manufacturer many thought were never going to be in the US again. See if maybe this board is going to be in your next upgrade.Board Layout and FeaturesBIOS FeaturesIncluded Software and ExtrasTest Methods and System SetupSynthetic: SiSoft Sandra, AIDA32 and CachememGaming: Quake III and UT2003Gaming: X2 and 3DMarksGaming: Doom 3 and Far Cry 1.3Application: Winstones and WorldBench 5Application: DivX, MP3 and Data Compression, PCMark04Professional: CineBench 2003 and KribiBench 1.1Professional: SPECviewperf 7.1Scientific: ScienceMark 2.0 BetaIssues and ConclusionGaming: Quake III and UT2003 Quake III UT2003 The Epox 9NPA+ has a good showing here in our moderate game tests; it falls in just behind the top performing DFI NF4 SLI motherboard, but all the AMD boards are performing very closely. « Previous1. Introduction and Specifications2. Board Layout and Features3. BIOS Features4. Included Software and Extras5. Test Methods and System Setup6. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra, AIDA32 and Cachemem7. Gaming: Quake III and UT20038. Gaming: X2 and 3DMarks9. Gaming: Doom 3 and Far Cry 1.310. Application: Winstones and WorldBench 511. Application: DivX, MP3 and Data Compression, PCMark0412. Professional: CineBench 2003 and KribiBench 1.113. Professional: SPECviewperf 7.114. Scientific: ScienceMark 2.0 Beta15. Issues and ConclusionNext » Video News