When compared to nforce2 and KT880 - the average FPS is taken into account not the score! - the results are within the margin of error:
nforce2: 50.95 - 100%
KT880: 49.33 - 96.82%
KT600: 49.95 - 98.03%
We are continuing with the same 1024*768 resolution but with max settings including sound:
And now for the comparison with the other 2 chipsets:
nforce2: 46.63 - 100%
KT880: 40.16 - 86.12%
KT600: 47.16 - 101.13%
For the first time KT600 takes the lead! It is a very small advantage and I consider this result to be equal to the nforce2 result not an outright victory for KT600 but please notice the enormous difference when comparing with KT880! VT1616 audio codec helps close the gap with nforce2!
Now we switch to 1280*1024 resolution with NO sound:
Again we are comparing with the nforce2 and KT880 results:
nforce2: 45.09 - 100%
KT880: 44.44 - 98.55%
KT600: 45.78 - 101.53%
Again VIA KT600 has a very small advantage over nforce2 - not enough to secure a victory - between all 3 chipsets the results are too close to call!
Now is the same 1280*1024 resolution but with sound:
When comparing to nforce2 and KT880 we got the following:
nforce2: 43.94 - 100%
KT880: 38.67 - 88.00%
KT600: 44.76 - 101.86%
VT1616 audio codec makes an enormous difference and KT600 is the equal of nforce2 with sound storm!
We reach the final resolution: 1600*1200 with NO sound:
And the final Aqua mark 3 test: 1600*1200 with sound!
With the final comparison in this benchmark:
nforce2: 40.51 - 100%
KT880: 37.45 - 92.44%
KT600: 40.98 - 101.16%
It seems that VT1616 helps so much KT600 that in Aqua mark 3 nforce2 is no longer winning outright! Now KT880 is the outsider simply because the cheap realtek alc650 codec used by Abit. It makes you wonder how a KT880 board equipped with VT1616 would fare against nforce2!!
When compared against nforce2 and KT880 we have the following:
nforce2: 14506 - 100%
KT880: 13012 - 89.70%
KT600: 13656 - 94.14%
nForce2 wins a clear victory hear as the difference is >5% against the 2 VIA chipsets!
We increase the resolution to 1280*1024 and also to max settings - that means 32 bit color depth!
Compared to nforce2 and KT880 we have again victory for nvidia:
nforce2: 14411 - 100%
KT880: 13353 - 92.65%
KT600: 13538 -93.94%
We have reached the third and final resolution: 1600*1200
Nforce2 wins even at this high resolution but the margin is below 5% so this is not a clear cut victory!
nforce2: 13826 - 100%
KT880: 13278 - 96.03%
KT600: 13640 - 98.65%
In 3dmark 2000 - a test that does not include sound - nforce2 wins. It should be noted that the geforce 7800gs is strongly limited by the CPU because at all3 resolutions the scores are really close and do not drop as the resolution increases!
We switch to 3dmark 2001, the benchmark, widely considered by the retro community to represent exceedingly well overall system performance and one of the most used 3dmark version! Every memory timing, every BIOS setting has an influence on the result!
We start with 1024*768 resolution and default settings:
The competition has the following results:
nforce2: 17714 - 100%
KT880: 16603 - 93.72%
KT600: 16172 - 91.29%
nVidia is the leader as nForce2 wins by a significant margin!
We increase the resolution to 1280*1024:
