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| System Name | celer |
|---|---|
| Processor | Pentium 4 650 3.4GHz 2MB L2 |
| Motherboard | MSI PM8M3-V |
| Cooling | Thermalright SI-128 SE |
| Memory | 2048MB OCZ 2-3-2-5 2T at 200Mhz |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire Radeon R9100 |
| Storage | 250G Samsung 850 PRO (MZ-7KE256BW) - 1024G WD Black (WD1003FZEX) |
| Display(s) | 19' iiyama ProLite E1980SD 1280x1024 75Hz DVI |
| Case | Eurocase moded |
| Audio Device(s) | onboard |
| Power Supply | Enermax 620W Liberty |
| Mouse | Logitech MX510 red |
| Keyboard | eTech PS/2 keyboard |
| Software | Win XP SP3 |
| Benchmark Scores | http://hwbot.org/submission/2455634_ |
Anyone can obtain these free testing tools on their homepage: http://audio.rightmark.org/ and check out, how the mainboards and dedicated sound cards perform in reality (read, outside of the PR BS)...
So, few days ago I made my loopback connector - 3.5" jack to 3.5" - (I got like 25 years of soldering practice and I tried do my best, used gold-pleted jacks, shielded wires and such...) and I fired up Right Mark Audio Analyzer v5.5 and did this test on mobo I just completing for friend, using the Biostar TForce 6100-M7 mobo and there are the results of it:
http://ax2.old-cans.com/Biostar TForce 6100-M7.htm
It is just a crappy onboard audio, of course, but it was just my first try. I started to be interesting in this program, because I intent to recap (eg. change capacitors) on my X-Fi Fatal1ty and I would love to know, if there will be some difference to the good side, of course.
X-Fi is using Jamicons, witch are not good caps at all. I plan to use Elna RFS ones there... On the Biostar are used OST caps, RLG type. The better of bad caps, tough...
My next target to test using RMAA will be probably already completed machine using Asus A8R32-MVP DLX mobo. Panasonic FJ ones are used there, but I suspect they are fake anyway. Slightly different color and nonstandard font/writing making me very suspicious...
So let's look at results from the Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe mobo:
http://ax2.old-cans.com/A8R32-MVP DLX.htm
Again onboard audio only, so the results aren't very good. Yet surprisingly for HD audio and much more costy mobo (+Asus, not Biostar...) are the results somewhat unsatifactory, aren't they?
For comparsion how great sound should look, look at these results:
http://www.ixbt.com/proaudio/esi/maxio032/2444loopback.shtml
Clearly the ESI MaXiO 032 kick some a$$es badly
Also is good to include these load results from RightMark3DSound to one can compare how much load the system take from using the audio:
Biostar TForce 6100-M7 Sempron 2800+ 240x8, onboard Realtek Audio
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Empty......DirectSound2D......DirectSound3D......DirectSound3D+EAX
1,3105.....4,5353.............12,7118............12,4371
Asus A8R32-MVP DLX Opteron 148 250x11, onboard Realtek hi-definition Audio
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Empty......DirectSound2D......DirectSound3D......DirectSound3D+EAX
2,2395.....3,6578.............8,9467.............8,7774
So, few days ago I made my loopback connector - 3.5" jack to 3.5" - (I got like 25 years of soldering practice and I tried do my best, used gold-pleted jacks, shielded wires and such...) and I fired up Right Mark Audio Analyzer v5.5 and did this test on mobo I just completing for friend, using the Biostar TForce 6100-M7 mobo and there are the results of it:
http://ax2.old-cans.com/Biostar TForce 6100-M7.htm
It is just a crappy onboard audio, of course, but it was just my first try. I started to be interesting in this program, because I intent to recap (eg. change capacitors) on my X-Fi Fatal1ty and I would love to know, if there will be some difference to the good side, of course.
X-Fi is using Jamicons, witch are not good caps at all. I plan to use Elna RFS ones there... On the Biostar are used OST caps, RLG type. The better of bad caps, tough...
My next target to test using RMAA will be probably already completed machine using Asus A8R32-MVP DLX mobo. Panasonic FJ ones are used there, but I suspect they are fake anyway. Slightly different color and nonstandard font/writing making me very suspicious...
So let's look at results from the Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe mobo:
http://ax2.old-cans.com/A8R32-MVP DLX.htm
Again onboard audio only, so the results aren't very good. Yet surprisingly for HD audio and much more costy mobo (+Asus, not Biostar...) are the results somewhat unsatifactory, aren't they?
For comparsion how great sound should look, look at these results:
http://www.ixbt.com/proaudio/esi/maxio032/2444loopback.shtml
Clearly the ESI MaXiO 032 kick some a$$es badly
Also is good to include these load results from RightMark3DSound to one can compare how much load the system take from using the audio:
Biostar TForce 6100-M7 Sempron 2800+ 240x8, onboard Realtek Audio
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Empty......DirectSound2D......DirectSound3D......DirectSound3D+EAX
1,3105.....4,5353.............12,7118............12,4371
Asus A8R32-MVP DLX Opteron 148 250x11, onboard Realtek hi-definition Audio
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Empty......DirectSound2D......DirectSound3D......DirectSound3D+EAX
2,2395.....3,6578.............8,9467.............8,7774