North bridge. South bridge. Boot up screen. Cell Menu CPU Voltage 1.219~1.468V(with Phenom9600) Memory Voltage 1.80~2.10V 1.80~2.10v stepping 0.05v,2.10~3.10V stepping 0.1V NB Voltage1.125V~1.525V Hypertransport Voltage 1.175~1.525V AM2+ HT Ratio Phenom memory ratio. DRAM configuration. MSI new product feature on BIOS – BIOS file saving, 2 set. |
Test platform setup. CPU:AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+/AMD Phenom 9600 MB: MSI K9A2 Platinum DRAM:CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF VGA:MSI NX8800GT-T2D256E HD:Seagate 7200.10 320G POWER:POWER:Corsair HX520W Modular Power Supply Cooler:Thermaltake V1 First we take a look on Athlon 6400+ test CPU OC 3520Mhz,Super PI 1M/CPUMARK99 DRAM present Dual SP2004 Blend test full loading. DDRII 1066 CL5 5-5-18 1.95V DDRII 1066 CL4 4-3-7 2.1V PCMARK2005 AM2 CPU got better die quality recently, we can see the 3.4G~3.6G overclock capability on 5000+/6400+ X2 high-end CPU. When comes with higher frequency, the performance is also closed to Intel platform, 3DMARK is only 5%~10% behind. Hope the AM2/AM2+ CPU could have 3.6G or higher frequency ability, that can make the platform more extra value. Then we use AMD new Phenom 9600, 3DMARK2003 3DMARK2005 3DMARK2006 PCMARK2005 CINEBENCH R10 CrystalMark AMD Phenom is the native Quad-Core CPU, but AM2+ CPU frequency behind AM2 a lot, now Phenom’s frequency limited is under 2.7G, it’s a pity, compare with Intel easy to over 3.5GHz, the extreme frequency will become the biggest condition for user. MSI K9A2 Platinum Pros: 1.Full solid capacitors, rich accessories, with 2 CrossFire bridge. 2.Good Circu-pipe design, AMD(ATI) chipset temp. is low. 3.Great improve on CPU frequency, up to 450~500MHz depends on CPU capability. 4.4x PCI-E VGA slot design, Power/Reset button. Cons: 1.Memory overclock ability is not good, use AM2 CPU can only run about DDR2 1066, BIOS needs to be improved on memory side. 2.The AMD platform performance is really behind Intel platform, so the high-end AMD motherboard is not really popular. After AM2+ CPU launched, we can see the new AMD motherboards also come out soon. This moment we only have AMD chipset based. Although AMD chipset motherboards price is lower than same segment Intel motherboards, but most users will consider CPU first when purchase PC platform, in this situation, AM2/AM2+ have to create more value for end users, besides price, frequency improvement is also the major subject to enhance total performance. It’s my first time to use AMD 790FX motherboard, besides FSB overclock great improvement, the features is also more deluxe. Hope we can have more new AMD platform motherboard on the market, make AM2+ motherboard become lower price, than user can have cheaper Quad-Core platform in 2008. |
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