AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 Motherboard Roundup
 

While the s754 platform might seem to lose its appeal with cheap s939 based A64 processors around the corner, the s754 platform is still good for a budget friendly overclocking thrill with just a minor performance loss compared to the newer s939 platform. The recent release of the some excellent OC boards have spiced up the s754 world, making the choice between going for s754 board now or to waiting for a good s939 setup even harder.

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=250

great job RB! :super:

Excellent work, RB!

Does it mean DFI is the winner?;)

I hope so (its the one I'm getting)

Anyone have a quick summary about the pros and cons of a nforce board? I will be getting the dfi for my rig, and just wanted to know what I could brag about to others :p

Last page of the review.:D

heh, always jabbin me about not reading the reviews :D (i do, i promise :))

:^D

I guy had put in a lot of time on it, at the very least you ought to read it.;)

more then I guy even;)

I read them, but i also like to get some incite of forum members (or mods ;))

I bet the Asus MB is overclocked.

Asus has a history of delivering juiced system clocks, and, as a result, these reviews tend to show inflated performance numbers for Asus MB.

This can be checked. Use CPU-Z to check the system clock when your processor is at its stock speed. Then go back into BIOS and make adjustments until CPU-Z shows the proper system clock.

Redo the tests.

I dont want the try and offend you at all, but if the motherboard manufacturer ships the product with juiced system clocks, then at the most it should be noted in the test, but it should not be changed

When it says tested at default settings, nothing is altered from the shipping specs of the manufacturer. So by changing the speeds like your are recommending, THAT would be invalidating the test.

I do see the point of what you are saying, but by manually changing all of the settings, that would deny readers the ability to view the weights and weaknesses of each board as they come "out of the box."

Hi GeekFunk,

I doublechecked, the Asus was not overclocked. CPU-Z showed a processorspeed of 2009mhz (200.9fsb), exaclty the same as the MSI or DFI. Other params like memory timings where also identical. I don't know how Asus tweaked their board, but they didn't do it buy overclocking the processor, so I find the tests valid.

Some MSI boards offer 'dynamic overclocking', but this was disabled during the tests.

Cool.

That's all I wanted to know.

But, it's a fact that Asus used to juice its motherboards.