MSI P7NGM (NVIDIA GeForce 9300)
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Date: 25.12.2008 |
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Performance tests
While determining the starting FSB speed, the board sets it at some overstatement.
In our test setup, we used the following hardware:
We compared the performance of MSI P7NGM versus motherboards based on Intel chipsets (Foxconn G31MG-S based on G31, and Elitegroup G45T-M2 at G45).
Now on to the gaming benchmarks.
Tests of application software.
Video encoding (DivX, Xvid) was measured in seconds, i.e. the less the better.
Data compression (WinRAR) was measured in Kb/sec, i.e. the more, the better.
Final Words
First, conclusions regarding the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 chipset. In fact, this chipset is beyond competition at both the performance and the functional capabilities. In particular, at 3D applications NVIDIA's new product offers a twofold and even threefold advantage in speed. At its specifications, the integrated core of GeForce 9300 is quite similar to the core of GeForce 8300 aimed at the AMD platform. However, the GeForce 8xxx series has to compete against the quite powerful AMD 780G and 790GX chipsets, and the "arms race" on the AMD platform is at full sway. As regards the Intel platform, then having such a chipset like GeForce 9300 in the assortment NVIDIA can still be resting on its laurels for quite a long time.
As regards MSI P7NGM, it is still difficult to make a comprehensive conclusion regarding it because there is still no info on the retail price. Moreover, there is no description of this model on MSI's official web site. On the other hand, we had no technical complaints regarding the board - its functional capabilities and the functionality are at quite a high level, and the board supports overclocking features. However, these features are quite middling at operation: we were able to attain merely a stable operation at FSB = 400 MHz.
The only fault we found was about the configuration of the rear panel where there are outdated ports instead of carious video outputs. But that is not a serious shortcoming since in the assortment of MSI there is the MSI P7NGM-Digital version which offers a complete pack of video outputs (VGA, DVI, and HDMI). At the same time, this version has four DIMM slots but not two, as it is in the generic version P7NGM.
Conclusion
Pros:
- excellent stability and performance;
- PEG slot and support for the HybridSLI;
- support for SerialATA II (6 links, RAID);
- support for ParallelATA (1 link);
- Gigabit LAN controller and integrated 8-channel High Definition Audio;
- support for FireWire (two ports).
Cons:
The board's specific features:
- low overclocking capability (FSB =400 MHz);
- only one video output is integrated (VGA);
- support for USB 2.0 is not implemented to the full (eight ports of 12 possible).
- Discuss the material in the conference
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