Nvidia LGA775 MSI P4N Diamond Test
 

After Nvidia stabilize their AMD empire in nF2~nF4, they launched C19 for INTEL LGA775 platform.
MSI P4N Diamond- As you see the Diamond, you know it is the MSI deluxe version.

Lets look at the shinning packing first


Deluxe has many features and accessories.

Basic cable



Bridge, Diamond Member Card, South Bridge FAN base, some detail manuals


SATA cable and special debug port


Outlook


Detail

Around IDE and DRAM


Around south bridge, 4 NV SATA RAID plus SATA chipset for extra 2 SATA RAID, also has a very convenient CMOS clear button


Dual PCI-E, SLI series
Equip with Diamond exclusive CREATIVE audio chip, the audio quality is much better than AC97, the cost is much higher as well


CPU, great components


IO, Dual LAN


Test configuration

INTEL LGA775 3.6G
MSI P4N Diamond
GSkill DDRII 512MBX2
SPARKLE 6200
Seagate Barracuda 8 400GB
TOPOWER 520W

Basic performance
3.6G DDRII800 CL3 4-4-8 PI 32M



DDRII


SiSoftware Sandra


Test configuration

INTEL LGA775 3.6G
MSI P4N Diamond
GSkill DDRII 512MBX2
SPARKLE 7800GTX
Seagate Barracuda 8 400GB
TOPOWER 520W

3DMARK 2003


3DMARK 2005


Waiting for 3.73EE and 7800GTX SLI to do more detail performance test.
As the INTEL structure limitation, the total performance and DDRII are not as good
as expect. However, this C19 board is perfect for Intel Fans and people who is looking
for stable OC. This board also has very detail manuals, features, and OC ability - P4N Diamond

OK Now Overclock it til it is ready to melt down and then post the numbers. A bunch of stock numbers are nice but, not that nice.
All you proved is that you can throw a 7800GTX card into anything and get great scores. Now show us how that board overclocks. what are all it's voltage options Sorry windwithme but you need to put more into this you have a great start. You have given us a base line on the benchmarks now Ovarclock it and finish this test or review oer whatever it is supposed to be!! Leave the card at stock speeds tho. This is afterall about the MSI board. I look forward to you telling us more about this board. As far as Boards for Intel processors go I have always felt that MSI boards were the weakest. You have shown me nothing to change my mind


WZ