Foxconn 925A01-8EKRS2

Name: Foxconn 925A01-8EKRS2 - Page 8
Brand: Foxconn

by Marco Chiappetta — Monday, August 23, 2004, 09:00 PM EDT

To start our in-game testing, we ran through a batch of time demos with the OpenGL game Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. Wolfenstein: ET is a free, standalone multiplayer game that is based on the original Return to Castle Wolfenstein, that was released a few years back. It uses a heavily modified version of the Quake 3 engine which makes it a very easy to use benchmarking tool. We ran the test using the "Fastest" setting at a low resolution of 640X480, using 16-bit color and textures. Running this test with a high-end graphics card, at these minimal settings, isolates processor and memory performance, without being limited by the graphics subsystem.

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

OpenGL Quake Engine Gaming

Using our custom Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory demo, we found that all of the systems performed similarly, with the Abit AA8 DuraMAX once again coming out on top. The Foxconn 925A01-8EKRS2 came in a very close second, followed by the i875 based system. Only 6.4 frames per second separated the "slowest" from the "fastest" systems in this test though, which is a difference of less than 5%.

Unreal Tournament 2004

DirectX Gaming Performance

Lastly, we did some benchmarking with Epic's Unreal Tournament 2004. When we tested these systems with UT 2004, we ensured that all of them were being benchmarked with the exact same in-game settings and graphical options, and we dropped the resolution and detail levels to isolate CPU and memory performance.

Talk about sounding like a broken record. In the Unreal Tournament 2004 tests, Abit's i925x walked away with yet another victory, trailed by the Foxconn 925A01-8EKRS2, and then the i875 based test system. The delta separating the first and last place finishers in this test was also very small, just barely over 4%.

Tags: foxconn, fox, s2, K

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com