Gigabyte GA-7ZXR (Rev. 2.2) Socket-A KT133A ATX
by Mike Andrawes on June 7, 2001 2:34 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
The Test
In recent times, choosing a motherboard cannot be completely determined by a Winstone score. Now, many boards come within one Winstone point of each other and therefore the need to benchmark boards against each other falls. Therefore you should not base your decision entirely on the benchmarks you see here, but also on the technical features and advantages of this particular board, seeing as that will probably make the greatest difference in your overall experience.
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Test Configuration |
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| Processor(s): |
AMD
Athlon (Thunderbird) 1GHz
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| RAM: |
1x 128MB Mushkin PC133 SDRAM
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| Hard Drive(s): |
Western Digital 153BA Ultra ATA
66 7200 RPM
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| Bus Master Drivers: |
VIA 4-in-1 v4.24 Service Pack
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| Video Card(s): |
NVIDIA
GeForce 2 GTS 32MB DDR
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| Video Drivers: |
NVIDIA
Detonator 5.22
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| Operation System(s): |
Windows
98SE
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| Motherboard Revision: |
Gigabyte
7ZXR Revision 2.2
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BIOS
Revision:
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FA6
(3/8/2001)
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The Results
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Windows 98 Performance |
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Athlon
1GHz OEM
KT133A / 133 MHz |
Sysmark
2000
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Content
Creation
Winstone 2001 |
Quake
III Arena - 640 x 480 x 16
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| Gigabyte 7ZXR (2.2) |
196
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36.7
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142.9
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| AOpen AK73 ProA |
199
|
37.3
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152.4
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| Iwill KK266 |
197
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37.0
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152.7
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| ASUS A7V133 |
197
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37.6
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153.4
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| MSI K7T Turbo |
194
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37.5
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145.7
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| EPoX EP-8KTA3 |
196
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36.7
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146.3
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| ABIT KT7A-RAID |
197
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37.4
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149.6
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Gigabyte motherboards have never been outstanding performers, and the GA-7ZXR (2.2) actually fell to last place as the slowest KT133A boards we have looked at. The board did score higher than the MSI K7T Turbo in SYSMark 2000 by 1%, but it fell behind in both Content Creation Winstone 2000 and Quake III Arena as the slowest. Howerver, note that all boards still perform within a few percentage points of each other, so performance should not be a major concern.
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