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Foxconn G9657MA-8EKRS2H (Intel G965)

By Zachary Chan - 15 Dec 2006

Test Setup

Test Setup

Since our preview of the Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3, there has been some newer official drivers for the GMA X3000. With updated drivers at hand, we wanted to see how well the Foxconn G9657MA-8EKRS2H performs compared to the Gigabyte board. The test setup for this benchmark run will be exactly the same as what we've used previously, except for the new drivers of course.

  • Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor (2.93GHz)
  • 2 x 1GB Kingston HyperX DDR2-800 @ 12-4-4 CAS 4.0
  • Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB SATA hard disk drive (one single NTFS partition)
  • Intel GMA X3000 DVMT 256MB - with beta drivers 6.14.10.4704 (Foxconn G9657MA-8EKRS2H only)
  • Intel GMA X3000 DVMT 256MB - with beta drivers 6.14.10.4666 (Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3 only)
  • Intel INF 8.1.1.1001 and AHCI 6.1.0.1022 driver set
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (and DirectX 9.0c)


Benchmarks

The following benchmarks will be used in this article to determine the performance of the motherboards:

  • BAPco SYSmark 2004
  • Futuremark PCMark05
  • SPECviewperf 9.0
  • Futuremark 3DMark05
  • AquaMark3
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