Setup and testing notes
| Name | Foxconn X38A - DDR2-800 | Foxconn X38A - DDR3-1066 | Abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi | ASUS P5K3 Deluxe WiFi AP Edition | ASUS P5K Deluxe WiFi AP Edition |
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| CPU | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 |
| CPU freq | 2933.7 | 2933.7 | 2933.7 | 2940.3 | 2940.3 |
| Motherboard | Foxconn X38A | Foxconn X38A | Abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi | ASUS P5K3 Deluxe WiFi AP Edition | ASUS P5K Deluxe WiFi AP Edition |
| Motherboard BIOS | 723F1B17 | 723F1B17 | 11 | 0301 | 0201 |
| Chipset driver | Intel Inf 8.4.0.1016 | Intel Inf 8.4.0.1016 | NVIDIA Driver package 9.53 | Intel Inf 8.3.0.1013 | Intel Inf 8.3.0.1013 |
| RAM | Corsair PC10000 DDR2 EPP | Corsair PC8500 DDR3 | 2GBytes (2 x 1GByte) Corsair EPP | 2GBytes (2 x 1GByte) Corsair XMS3 | 2GBytes (2 x 1GByte) Corsair EPP |
| RAM timings | 4-4-4-12 @ DDR2-800 | 7-7-7-20 @ DDR3-1066.8 | 4-4-4-12 2T @ DDR2-800 | 7-7-7-21 @ DDR3-1069 | 4-4-4-12 @ DDR2-801.8 |
| VGA | HIS X1900 CrossFire Edition + Sapphire X1900 XTX | HIS X1900 CrossFire Edition + Sapphire X1900 XTX | 2 x Asus GeForce 7900GTX 512MB | HIS X1900 CrossFire EDITION + Sapphire 1900XTX | HIS X1900 CrossFire EDITION + Sapphire 1900XTX |
| VGA driver | Catalyst 6.10 BETA (Single-card) + Catalyst 7.5 BETA (CrossFire) | Catalyst 6.10 BETA (Single-card) + Catalyst 7.5 BETA (CrossFire) | Forceware 91.47 | Catalyst 6.10 BETA (Single-card) + Catalyst 7.5 BETA (CrossFire) | Catalyst 6.10 BETA (Single-card) + Catalyst 7.5 BETA (CrossFire) |
| HDD | Seagate ST3160812AS | Seagate ST3160812AS | Seagate ST3160812AS | Seagate ST3160812AS | Seagate ST3160812AS |
| OS | Win XP PRO SP2 | Win XP PRO SP2 | Windows XP Professional SP2 | Windows XP Professional SP2 | Windows XP Professional SP2 |
| Additional | Same as DDR2 configuration except with DDR3-1066 |
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| 2D Benchmarks |
ScienceMark Memory Bandwidth ScienceMark Memory Latency HEXUS PiFast calculation to 10M places HEXUS WAV encoding HEXUS DivX encoding POV-Ray 32-bit 3.7.0 BETA 16 - using internal benchmark mode Cinebench 2003 v9.5 HDTach RW v3.0.1.0 |
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| 3D Benchmarks |
Far Cry v1.33 Quake 4 v1.30 Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory v1.05 |
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Notes
The sample motherboard was a pre-production model. That's important to note and we expect Foxconn to eliminate any basic foibles on shipping models.We've used our tried-and-tested Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor for testing on a total of 4 motherboards but with 5 combinations. The Foxconn X38-A supports both DDR2 and DDR3 memories, although, obviously, not concurrently. That's why there's two sets of Foxconn numbers, with the sole difference down to the memory used.
We've added in selected DDR3 results. You'll see just why a full set wasn't run; the benchmark results are just about identical.
So it's X38 up against nForce 680i SLI, and both DDR2- and DDR3-equipped models of Intel's P35 chipset. Let's see how it pans out.