Abit AN-M2 Motherboard Review
3D Performance: 3DMark03
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We followed the same methodology described in the previous page, but now running 3DMark03. 3DMark03 simulates DirectX 9.0 (i.e., Shader 2.0) games, which is fully supported by all four chipsets with integrated graphics we added to our comparison: Radeon Xpress 1100, AMD 690G, GeForce 6100-405 and GeForce 7025-630a.
You can check the results of our benchmarking below. All the listed video cards were installed on Abit AN-M2.
On 3DMark03 Abit AN-M2 was 9.30% faster than Foxconn A690GM2MA, 12.68% faster than ECS RS485M-M (ATI Radeon Xpress 1100) and 24.05% faster than ECS GeForce6100SM-M. On the other hand MSI K9AGM2-FIH (AMD 690G) was 8.94% and ECS AMD690GM-M2 (AMD 690G) was 7.32% faster than the reviewed board.
The problem is that even the “worst” PCI Express video card is a lot faster than on-board video solutions: GeForce 6200 with 64-bit memory interface and TurboCache technology was 64% faster than Abit AN-M2. This is a huge difference.
When we installed our overclocked GeForce 8800 GTS on the reviewed board it achieved the same performance level of ASUS M2N32-SLI De Luxe, what is great.