ASRock K8 Combo-Z ALi M1689 Motherboard Review Posted by Jonathan Hung | Jul 22, 2005 | Motherboards | 0 Manufacturer: ASRock ContentsIntroduction & SpecsASRock delivers another AMD socket 754/939 motherboard, but this time both sockets are on board. You may be surprised to see what improves with upgrading to an FX-53 CPU and what doesn’t.Design and FeaturesBIOS & OverclockingBundle and Test SetupSiSoft Sandra and EverestPCMark and WinstoneScienceMarkSuperPi, DVD-DiVXCinebench, SPEC Viewperf3DMark, AquamarkOpenGL Gaming: Doom3, Warhammer 40KDirectX Gaming: Half-Life 2, Guild Wars, Brothers in ArmsImpressions and ConclusionsPCMark and Winstone The ASRock K8 Combo-Z performs fairly well in these application benchmarks. As a Socket 754 board, the system performs slowest of the group. When using the FX-53 it performs a little slower than the NF4 system.« Previous1. Introduction & Specs2. Design and Features3. BIOS & Overclocking4. Bundle and Test Setup5. SiSoft Sandra and Everest6. PCMark and Winstone7. ScienceMark8. SuperPi, DVD-DiVX9. Cinebench, SPEC Viewperf10. 3DMark, Aquamark11. OpenGL Gaming: Doom3, Warhammer 40K12. DirectX Gaming: Half-Life 2, Guild Wars, Brothers in Arms13. Impressions and ConclusionsNext » Video News
