Foxconn's WinFast 755FXK8AA-8EKRS
Wolfenstein: ET & Unreal Tournament 2004
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 III engine, which makes it a very easy-to-use benchmarking tool. We ran the test using the "Fastest" setting at a low resolution of 640 X 480, 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.
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The WinFast 755FXK8AA-8EKRS lagged behind the competition by a few frames per second in our custom Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory benchmark. At 139.6 FPS, the 755FXK8AA-8EKRS finished about 4 frames per second behind the MSI K8T Neo2-FIR. The nForce 3 Ultra powered K8NSNXP-939 and K8N Neo2 Platinum, held the lead here.
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Next, 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.
Unreal Tournament 2004 told a completely different story than Wolf: ET. In this test, the 755FXK8AA-8EKRS actually finished in first place, followed by the MSI K8T Neo2-FIR. And in this game, the nForce 3s brought up the rear. The performance delta separating the "fastest" and "slowest" boards was again quite small, however. With only 4.47 FPS (3.1%) separating the 755FXK8AA-8EKRS from the K8NSNXP-939 it's tough to declare any of the motherboards tested here a clear winner.
