Shuttle ST20G5

Test Setup

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (operating at 2400MHz - 12x200); 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS Pro PC3200 (operating in dual channel with 2.0-2-2-5-1T timings); NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT (operating at 350/1000MHz); Western Digital 74GB Raptor 10,000RPM SATA 150 Hard disk drive; Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2; DirectX 9.0c; NVIDIA ForceWare 65.73 WHQL; ATI Catalyst 4.5 for IGP.

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (operating at 2.4GHz - 12x200MHz); Shuttle SN25P XPC (NVIDIA NForce 4); 2x 512MB Corsair XL Pro PC3200 (operating in dual channel at 400MHz DDR with timings of 2.0-2-2-5); NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT (operating at 350/1000MHz); Western Digital Raptor 74GB; Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2; DirectX 9.0c; NVIDIA Forceware 65.73 WHQL.

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (operating at 2.4GHz - 12x200MHz); ABIT AV8 (VIA K8T800 Pro) / Epox 9NDA3+ (NVIDIA NForce 3 Ultra) motherboard; 2x 512MB Corsair XL Pro PC3200 (operating in dual channel at 400MHz DDR with timings of 2.0-2-2-5); NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT AGP (operating at 350/1000MHz); Western Digital Raptor 74GB; Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2; DirectX 9.0c; NVIDIA Forceware 65.73 WHQL.

Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.4GHz (LGA775); Intel D925XCV (i925X) motherboard; 2x 512MB Micron DDR2 PC4300 (operating in dual channel with 4-4-4-12 timings); NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT (operating at 350/1000MHz); Western Digital Raptor 74GB; Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2; DirectX 9.0c; NVIDIA Forceware 65.73 WHQL.

General Performance

Summary:

Generally, the ST20G5 is on a par with the fastest motherboards we have tested thus far when using a discrete video card, and in some cases it is faster than ABIT's AV8-3rd Eye motherboard, which we have found to be one of the fastest motherboards we have tested at stock speeds. When using the onboard video, we found that there was a slight performance decrease due to the overheads, but due to the 1T memory timing, we found that it was faster than the EQS M56K9-MLF motherboard.