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Soltek SL-75MRN-L Motherboard Review

Author: Dennis Garcia

Published: Monday, March 31, 2003

System Spec and Benchmarks - Synthetic

The system as it was tested

Soltek SL-75MRN-L Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP2200+ Tbred processor
CoolerMaster xDream Heatsink
2x256megs Corsair Platinum TwinX paired memory
IGP Video (GFMX4 Class)
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB ATA/100 HDD
Enermax 350watt power supply
12x/40x DVD/CDRom
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1

Installation was a snap, the only hangup was that Windows XP didn't recognize any of the nForce2 chipset features by default. The included driver CD contains everything that you will need including a cool looking HW monitor. For testing purposes all of the software and drivers have been updated to the latest version obtainable from the nVidia website. Be sure to install WinXP SP1 first.

Wcpuid

SiSoft Sandra

Sandra is a software collection of synthetic benchmarks that will give us a basic idea as to what a system is capable of. It should be noted that SiSoft numbers change depending on what version you have installed, these where recorded using Sandra Professional Version 2003.1.9.26

2x256 Corsair Platinum TwinX DDR400

Cachemem

Cachemem is a synthetic benchmark used to test bandwidth and latency.

Looking back these numbers are very typical of any nForce2 motherboard with this processor, which is really good for an IGP enabled motherboard.

Real world benchmarks are next.