Asus A7A266-E in the test: The 3rd generation of the ALi MAGiK 1

Test system

Slowly but surely, we actually wanted to take the step to the new WindowsXP test platform, but on the other hand, a benchmark remains now r transparent as long as the comparison values ​​are based on the same platform. And so, in the end, we used the well-known configuration under Windows2000 again in this review.

• Processor
  • AMD Athlon-C 1333MHz
• Motherboard
  • Asus A7A266-E
  • Asus A7V266-E (Revision 1.07, Bios 1005 Beta)
  • EPoX 8KHA +
  • EPoX 8K7A + (Revision 1.1, Bios 11.07.2001)
  • EPoX 8KHA (Revision 1.1, Bios 05/17/2001)
  • Elitegroup K7S5A (Revision 1.01, Bios 08.27.2001)
  • Asus A7V266 (Revision 1.06, Bios 1002)
  • Asus A7A266 (Revision 1.1, Bios 1006)
• RAM
  • 1x 256MB PC2100 Apacer DDR RAM
• Graphics card
  • Inno3D Tornado GeForce2 Ultra
• Peripherals
  • Western Digital WD600AB
  • Western Digital Caviar AC310100B
  • Sony CRX160-E
  • Soundblaster Live!1024
  • Realtek RTL8029 (AS) network card
  • Hauppauge WinTV PCI
• Other
  • Logitech Mouse Man Wheel Optical
  • Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro
• Software
  • Windows 2000 Professional ServicePack 2
  • nVidia Detonator 12.41
  • Via 4in1 Version 4.34
  • ALi Driver Package 1.04
  • SiS AGP Driver 1.07
  • DirectX 8.0a

Benchmarks

For the benchmarks we once again used our well-known mix. SiSoft Sandra lays the theoretical basis for all further hurdles. The packaging performance of the boards in WinACE is intended to highlight the sense and nonsense of the performance differences in everyday Windows. The remaining programs and benchmarks form a broad overview of the genre that really calls for the smallest performance differences: PC games.

• DirectX 7.0
  • 3DMark 2000 1.1
  • Unreal Tournament 4.36 (utbench)
• DirectX 8.0
  • 3DMark 2001
• OpenGL
  • Quake3Arena 1.17 (Q3bench)
  • Vulpine GL Mark
• Memory performance
  • SiSoft Sandra 2001
• Other
  • WinACE 2.03

On the next page: SiSoft Sandra