Specifications

abit KV8-MAX3
Written by Chris Emry
Friday, 04 September 2009 10:39
However, you can see that the scores for the four million and eight million tests are missing for
each K8 motherboard. This is because every time we ran these two particular tests, we were
always greeted with a BSOD with a 0x0000009C error code. After checking Microsoft's
Knowledge Base, this error points to a problem with memory communication or within the
processor itself. I don't doubt it either, as the BSOD was probably due to the fact that we are
using an engineering sample Athlon64 that was manufactured all the way back in 2002. Now
that the less expensive Athlon64 3000+ models have hit store shelves, it will be interesting to
see if this error crops up again when our retail processor arrives.
..:: FutureMark 3DMark2001SE ::..
3DMark2001 SE is first off on today's list of multimedia application benchmarks, and the ABIT
KV8-MAX3 once again hands ASUS’ solution second place. But, just take a look of how much
more power the Athlon64 platform can offer over the fastest K7 platform available today. We are
seeing a performance increase of roughly 13% when a 754-pin Athlon64 is under the hood.
..:: Quake III Arena ::..
The next benchmark is embedded within my favorite computer game, Quake III Arena. There is
no question that the relevance of this benchmark is coming to an end soon, but overall
performance can improve dramatically with increased system memory bandwidth, even with
today's fastest video cards. With that being said, you can see that the Athlon64 and its'
integrated memory controller once again pummels the fastest AthlonXP platform out there.
There is virtually no difference between the two K8 boards, but the 13% performance increase
over the K7 is impressive to say the least.
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