FIRST LOOK: Soltek 865Pro-775

We compared the performance of the Soltek hybrid board to performance results with Intel 925X and Intel 915 motherboards. The configuration was kept as close as possible between the 3 motherboards, but we are forced to compare apples and oranges in some cases. We used an nVidia 6800 Ultra video card clocked at 400/1.1 in both PCI Express and AGP 8X configurations to keep hardware as consistent as possible. We are also comparing DDR memory to DDR2, but as we saw in the DDR vs. DDR2 review, the performance of fast DDR400 and DDR533 is very close.

Performance Test Configuration
Processor(s):	Intel 560 (3.6GHz) Socket 775
RAM:	2 x 512MB OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev.2 (Samsung 2-2-2-5) 2 x 512MB Crucial/Micron DDR2 533
Hard Drive(s):	250GB Maxtor MaXLine III (16MB Buffer)
Video Card(s):	nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra AGP 8X nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra PCIe
Video Drivers:	nVidia 61.77 Graphics Drivers
Operating System(s):	Windows XP Professional SP1
Power Supply:	HiPro 470W (Intel)
Motherboards:	Soltek 965Pro-775 (Intel 865PE) Socket 775 Intel 925XCV (Intel 925X) Socket 775 Intel 915GUX (Intel 915G) Socket 775