Foxconn WinFast 6100K8MB-RS Motherboard Review

3D Performance: 3DMark2001 SE

We were very curious on how the integrated video from GeForce 6100 would perform. We decided to compare GeForce 6100 performance with the performance of other entry-level video cards we had available here in our lab: a GeForce 6200 with 128 MB and 128-bit interface (from Leadtek) and a GeForce 6200 TurboCache with 64 MB and 64-bit interface (from XFX).

Of course we also compared it to the performance provided by the other motherboards with on-board video, Foxconn WinFast 760GXK8MB (SiS 760 GX, based on Mirage 2 engine, which is a DirectX 8.1 part) and PCChips M861G v1.6a (VIA K8M800, based on S3 UniChrome Pro IGP engine, which is a DirectX 7 part).

Just to remember, GeForce 6100 is based on GeForce 6 engine, which is a DirectX 9.0c part, so these three chipsets use graphics engines from three different generations.

3DMark2001 SE measures 3D performance by making DirectX 8.1 simulations.
 
You can check the results of our benchmarking below. All the listed video cards were installed on WinFast 6100K8MB-RS from Foxconn.

As you can see, the integrated graphics of GeForce 6100 performed far better than SiS 760 GX and VIA K8M800: Foxconn WinFast 6100K8MB-RS was 99.31% faster than Foxconn WinFast 760GXK8MB (SiS 760 GX) and 106.43% faster than PCChips M861G v1.6a (VIA K8M800).

But don’t expect on-board video to have the same performance of an add-on card. As you can see on the chart, a GeForce 6200 TurboCache with 64 MB and 64-bit interface, which is an entry-level video card, was 121.90% faster than GeForce 6100, and a “true” GeForce 6200 with 128 MB and 128-bit interface was 212.80% faster than GeForce 6100.