Abit IP35 PRO P35 and AB9 QuadGT P965 Motherboards

Test System Details Specifications and Revisions

• Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4 GHz) Processor
• 2 x Kingston DDR2-800 Memory (2 x 1 GB, CAS 4-4-4-12)
• 1 x ATI Radeon X1950 Pro (Catalyst 7.7 Driver)
• 1 x Maxtor DiamondMax 10 Serial ATA Hard Disk
• 1 x Plextor PX-755SA DVD+/-RW Drive
• 1 x Corsair HX620W 620W Power Supply
• Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit)

• Abit IP35 Pro (Intel P35 Express Chipset)
• Abit AB9 QuadGT (Intel P965 Chipset)
• eVGA nForce 650i Ultra (Nvidia nForce 650i Ultra)
• eVGA nForce 680i LT (Nvidia nForce 680i LT)

Synthetic CPU and Memory Benchmarks SiSoft Sandra XI

Our first round of synthetic tests show the two Abit platforms performing on par with our competing eVGA/nVidia platforms in terms of CPU performance, although both Intel based boards falter a bit when it comes to memory performance. Nvidia’s products show higher bandwidth numbers and lower latency, both of which help overall performance. We see very little difference between the memory controllers of the P35 Express and P965, which is a little disappointing, as we were hoping to see a performance boost with the P35.