EVGA nForce 650i Ultra

June 19, 2007 | 09:53

Tags: #650i #analysis #benchmark #green #nforce #review #sata

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Audio Performance

The audio performance tests we done using Audio Rightmark 6.0.5 and a 3.5mm gold plated, oxygen free stereo loop back cable between stereo out and microphone input. Results were taken at the DVD sample rate of 16-bit/48KHz and High Definition 24-bit/96KHz.

What we're looking for:

  • Noise Level: A higher negative is better. This is usually viewed in relation to a signal level which provides a signal to noise ratio. As you get closer to zero there's more noise and lesser audio fidelity.
  • Frequency Response: Two values listing how close to the lower higher frequencies the codec can reach. If it hits them perfectly it'll display a 0, 0.
  • Dynamic Range: The difference between the loudest and quietest sounds the codec can make before it distorts them. The larger the gap, the better.
  • THD and IMD percentage: Closer to zero is better. THD and IMD are best looked at together, where as if you have a lot of THD and not much IMD, then it'll offer a warmer accurate sound. High THD and IMD provides a warm, inaccurate sound, low THD and high IMD gives a cold inaccurate sound and finally low THD and IMD gives a cold accurate sound.
  • IMD = intermodulation distortion and is a fancy way of saying conversion interpolation, which is a basic detection of the quality loss after an analogue to digital then digital to analogue conversion. By comparing it to a highly compressed source it shows up problems with the codec and converters.
  • THD = total harmonic distortion, which shows up unwanted harmonics; integer multiples of the original component sound that can be second, third, fourth degrees or overtones for example.
  • Stereo Crosstalk: where the stereo channels "talk" to each other and interact. Ideally you want them entirely separate, unmixed or echoed in either channel, so a higher negative a result as possible is preferred.

Many thanks to Doug Edey, for his guidance in the audio testing details.

16-bit/48KHz

EVGA nForce 650i Ultra Subsystem Testing: Onboard Audio

Noise

EVGA nForce 650i Ultra Subsystem Testing: Onboard Audio

Dynamic Range

EVGA nForce 650i Ultra Subsystem Testing: Onboard Audio

Intermodulation

EVGA nForce 650i Ultra Subsystem Testing: Onboard Audio

24-bit/96KHz

EVGA nForce 650i Ultra Subsystem Testing: Onboard Audio

Noise

EVGA nForce 650i Ultra Subsystem Testing: Onboard Audio

Dynamic Range

EVGA nForce 650i Ultra Subsystem Testing: Onboard Audio

Intermodulation

EVGA nForce 650i Ultra Subsystem Testing: Onboard Audio

Overall we have a superb result. There's almost an entirely flat line, with very few peaks in the noise graph, and all the results are very close to the ends they should be: IMD and THD are very close to zero, there's a very low noise and stereo crosstalk and also a very good dynamic range.
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