LEADTEK Motherboard K7NCR18D-PRO Nforce2-ST

[zShowtimez]

Looking around at some of the new nforce 2s. Anyone have experiance or knowledge on this board?

 

[phildo]

just got one...it's OK but I'd really rather have the new Chaintech 7NJS Zenith...

 

[WolverineGator]

There's very little info on this board as of yet, so I'll volunteer this info:

Latest BIOS, No Overclocking
Vcore=1.728
Clock=1530Mhz
PCI=33Mhz
AGP=67Mhz
FSB=133
Memory Bus=266


3D MARK 2001 SE (Patched build 330)
BIOS RAM Settings OPTIMAL = 7302
20% Video Overclock & BIOS RAM Settings OPTIMAL=8081
20% Video Overclock & BIOS RAM Settings TURBO = 8203

Sandra burn in ...
Temps:
Ambient: 21 C
Case: 39 C Sandra (normal 38)
CPU: 49 C Sandra (normal 46) (ThermalrightSLK-800 w/80mm panaflo fan sucking)

System:
xp1800
512 DDR ram (2 sticks in slots 1 and 3)
Geforce 3 Ti 200 64 mb
IBM 60 gb 60gxp
onboard audio, lan
Enermax PS
Skyhawk aluminum case

Questions? PM and reply to thread.

 

[tuan121]

wait for the anandtech review on this board this week.

 

[WolverineGator]

Originally posted by: tuan121
wait for the anandtech review on this board this week.

Too late! Already got the board and I've been testing all day today since I didn't have to go to work! The anandtech review will be very welcome nevertheless.

More random comments...

Noticable speed improvement over my previous k7s5a mobo.

I can increase the resolution (from 800x600 to 1024x768) in Battlefield 1942 and maintain the same performance. MS Office and Adobe products run faster, etc.

On board audio is not as good as my Soundblaster Live 5.1. Music (mp3s and CDs) is fine. Gaming music isn't as good (clipping low volume sounds to no sound). Qualitatively, gaming sound is not as smooth with onboard audio. So... since I've only got a 4.1 setup I'm going back the the SB Live.