P5W64 WS Pro vs P5B DLX vs P5N32-E SLI vs DFI RD600(pics inside)

775 WAR
Asus P5B DLX P965 vs P5W64 WS Pro 975X vs P5N32-E SLI 680i vs DFI ICFX3200-T2R/G RD600

These are the tests
3d01
3d06
aqua03
F.E.A.R.
superpi
Nuclearus
ScienceMark
Winrar
Cinebench 9.5

All tests were run at 3x on all boards

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3D01
P5N32-E SLI 1T->39678
P5W64 WS Pro->39456
P5B DLX Wifi->39236
P5N32-E SLI 2T->39082
ICFX3200-T2R/G 1T->38551
ICFX3200-T2R/G 2T->38405
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3D06
P5N32-E SLI 1T->2767
ICFX3200-T2R/G 1T->2765
P5B DLX WiFi->2764
P5N32-E SLI 2T->2764
P5W64 WS Pro->2763
ICFX3200-T2R/G 2T->2760
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Aquamark03
P5N32-E SLI 1T->90581
P5W64 WS Pro->90482
P5B DLX WiFi->90336
P5N32-E SLI 2T->90261
ICFX3200-T2R/G 1T->89438
ICFX3200-T2R/G 2T->89199
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F.E.A.R 1280x960 minimum
P5W64 WS Pro->262
P5B DLX WiFi->260
P5N32-E SLI 1T->259
P5N32-E SLI 2T->259
ICFX3200-T2R/G 1T->257
ICFX3200-T2R/G 2T->256
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F.E.A.R. 1280x960 maximum
P5W64 WS Pro->27
P5B DLX Wifi->27
P5N32-E SLI 1T->27
P5N32-E SLI 2T->27
ICFX3200-T2R/G 1T->27
ICFX3200-T2R/G 2T->27
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Cinebench 9.5
P5W64 WS Pro->1129
P5B DLX WiFi->1114
P5N32-E SLI 1T->1109
P5N32-E SLI 2T->1104
ICFX3200-T2R/G 1T->1093
ICFX3200-T2R/G 2T->1092
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Nuclearus
P5W64 WS Pro->10977
P5B DLX WiFi->10853
P5N32-E SLI 1T->10561
ICFX3200-T2R/G 1T->10548
ICFX3200-T2R/G 2T->10516
P5N32-E SLI 2T->10375
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Super Pi 1m
P5W64 WS Pro->14.109s
P5N32-E SLI 1T->14.219s
P5B DLX Wifi->14.328s
P5N32-E SLI 2T->14.343s
ICFX3200-T2R/G 1T->14.422s
ICFX3200-T2R/G 2T->14.515s
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SuperPi 32mb
P5W64 WS Pro->15m 26.109s
P5B DLX WiFi->15m 35.031s
P5N32-E SLI 1T->16m 09.312s
P5N32-E SLI 2T->17m 16.219s
ICFX3200-T2R/G 1T->17m 26.047s
ICFX3200-T2R/G 2T->17m 34.500s
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Sciencemark
P5N32-E SLI 1T->2025.24
P5W64 WS Pro->2024.80
P5N32-E SLI 2T->1996.01
P5B DLX WiFi->1983.34
ICFX3200-T2R/G 1T->1925.25
ICFX3200-T2R/G 2T->1905.42
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Winrar 3.60 x 1
P5W64 WS Pro->1749KB/s
P5B DLX WiFi->1414KB/s
P5N32-E SLI 1T->1378KB/s
ICFX3200-T2R/G 1T->1281KB/s
P5N32-E SLI 2T->1235KB/s
ICFX3200-T2R/G 2T->1213KB/s
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Winrar 3.60 x 2
P5W64 WS Pro->947KB/s 895KB/s
P5B DLX WiFi->750KB/s 729KB/s
P5N32-E SLI 1T->778KB/s 642KB/s
ICFX3200-T2R/G 1T->702KB/s 643KB/s
ICFX3200-T2R/G 2T->646KB/s 605KB/s
P5N32-E SLI 2T->670KB/s 563KB/s
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MB->P5W64 WS Pro
Bios 0402->HyperPath off,Turbo auto,PCIEx 100mhz
DDR2->Crucial BallistX 6400 4-4-4-8
VGA->Gladiac 6800GS stock
Forceware->91.47
HDD->Hitachi 80GB 7200rpm
PSU->Giga-EZ 1000w
SO->WInXP Pro sp2(fresh install)

MB->P5B DLX WiFi
Bios 0804->PCIEx 100mhz
DDR2->Crucial 6400 4-4-4-8
VGA->Gladiac 6800GS stock
Forceware->91.47
HDD->Hitachi 80GB 7200rpm
PSU->Zippy [GE]600w
SO->WinXP Pro sp2(fresh install)

MB->P5N32-E SLI
Bios 0602->PCIEx 100mhz,linked 1T & 2T
DDR2->Crucial 6400 4-4-4-8
VGA->Gladiac 6800GS stock
Forceware->91.47
HDD->Hitachi 80GB 7200rpm
PSU->Giga-EZ 1000w
SO->WinXP Pro sp2(fresh install)

MB->ICFX3200-T2R/G
Bios 12.22->PCIEx 100mhz,async 1t & 2T
VGA->Gladiac 6800GS stock
Forceware->91.47
HDD->Hitachi 80GB 7200rpm
PSU->Giga-EZ 1000w
SO->WinXP Pro sp2(fresh install)

omg thats awesome man, great work! Any qualitative statements about each you would like to make. Really impressive!

Thx for testing! Good Job!

RD600 seems to be the slowest.

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Originally Posted by ent

Thx for testing! Good Job!

RD600 seems to be the slowest.

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very must so, i wonder if a bios will fix that or what it is.

Superb test and comparison.

Thank you!!!

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very nice comparison.. :)

very nice, thank you for this. while ya got the boards, why not test overclocking for each one? :) :)

omg that just insane...how many tests you made! awesome..thansk... It'll take me a whole day to view all the scores and try to find out somethin....but thanks so much for sharing!

Marco

Thanks... Great Work!

I think this confirms what we already know...

975X is the fastest board (clock for clock) for benching. :)

RD600 is the slowest board (clock for clock) for benching. :(

For gaming, at stock, it doesn't matter what board you have... spend your money on a graphics card and overclock it... and if you have a big monitor get an SLI solution and get two graphics cards! :D :D

For overclocking, each board has it's nuances that has been fully explored and revealed elsewhere on this forum. For overclocking, your best board depends on your CPU model, your interest in mods (or your willingness to accept the compromises in avoiding them), your cooling, and your priority on memory bandwidth.

excellent work PcCI2iminal thank you very much!

Man, you are a frigging legend. Now, only just need to figure out whether or not to go 975X or RD600....

So finnal conclusion: RD600 is crap mobo, only for those who want a decent FSB and crossfire (like E6600+x1900xtx) and like 3Dmarking.

Very nice. Thanks :)

Great work, thanks.

omg, the RD600 is 2 minutes behind 975X in SuperPi 32M, now that's a lot of difference there :stick:

Great share, thanks for the hard work PcCI2iminal :D

that's a lot of work

looks like the only thing 680i needs to improve on is SuperPI and it will be a clear winner there...

Wow, great comparison! Thanks for this PCCriminal. Do you have any thoughts on the motherboards themselves? Ease of setup? I'm sure we'd all love to know :)

Well done PcCI2iminal :toast:

It looks like that I am going to cry in 2-3 days when I will change my PW64Pro for the ABIT IN9 32MAX and I will get into a great adventure with overclocking.

But my HP 30" needs SLI badly and I already have the second GTX sitting in each box.

Amazing job!! That must've taken DAYS of work!

great work...p5w64 rules!:clap:

Great work m8:toast:
but i got a problem now...my P5W64 died a few days back while i was benching on a cascade and now i dunno what to get ..another P5W64, RD600, Commando, Striker...:confused:

nice work!

yeh, no surprise there whatsoever, P5W64/i975x rox! and @ 3-3-3-8 its a beast!

I just sold my P5W64 on ebay, worst investment I have made in a piece of hardware. The price has plummeted on these boards since the original $300+ price tag, I barely got over half of that now. Should have stuck with my DS3 until this BX2 came out, it was a better board for half the money. But now I have my Badaxe 2 and I am happy :)

Nice comparison, that's nothing new tho, RD600 sucks. If they wouldnt have said that it will rock the fall wouldnt be so hard...

Thank's for posting :toast:

Good work and 975X still is universal mobo :)


Regards

Martin

thanks you guys for all replys :)

how we can c RD600 is not that good but not thats bad, she can fly in OC :)

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Amazing job!! That must've taken DAYS of work!

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2 weeks hehehe ;)

Great job Criminal.

I hope DFI save the RD600 with a more mature bios. It has only a few months...

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Great work m8:toast:
but i got a problem now...my P5W64 died a few days back while i was benching on a cascade and now i dunno what to get ..another P5W64, RD600, Commando, Striker...:confused:

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why not a change :) ,single card?-> Commando?
SLI? ->680i?

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Wow, great comparison! Thanks for this PCCriminal. Do you have any thoughts on the motherboards themselves? Ease of setup? I'm sure we'd all love to know :)

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P5B DLX & P5W64 are very easy to OC,thats the Asus style :)
P5N32-E ->she uses the BUS speed number to OC and i don`t like it hehe, good setup for ram ,well easy to OC
RD600-> tons of options for RAM,volts,i like the async mode for ram, we need a week or so to learn everything :(

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Great job Criminal.

I hope DFI save the RD600 with a more mature bios. It has only a few months...

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she is a mature board ,the bios is stable and i have no issues

i think more tweaks are needed :)

I have both the P5W64 and the RD600 and love them both. Personally the RD600 is a lot more fun than the P5W64. I'd had more success with overclocking with almost 100MHz more FSB stability than the P5W64 on my RD600. Asychronous memory clocking is pretty sweet too, and doesn't get any easier than that.

Clock for clock the 975x chipset is a beast, hands down. I use it in my daily gaming super stable rig. However the RD600 is much more fun to tweak and I've only played with it for about 8 hours. There is just so much to learn and so much more to get out of this board. The RD600 has never given me an unrecoverable lockup, a cmos reset or any other grief.

You really have to pick out your motherboard and cpu together and decide what you want. For low multiplier cpus then the RD600 or any 965 board may be for you, however if you have a higher multiplier then go for the 975x chipset if you want the fastest possible. I like both boards for performance but I really like the RD600 for ease and fun.

dual X16 SLI vs dual X8 Crossfire?

How close were they? Or lets ask another question? How close is 650i to 680i in 3 D benchmarks at GPU stock speeds and overclocked GPU speeds?

P.S. With that P5w64 can you use one of the PCI-E slots for a faster kind of RAID card?

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dual X16 SLI vs dual X8 Crossfire?

How close were they? Or lets ask another question?

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7900GTX@ SLI vs X1900XTX @ Xfire?
X1900XT wins for a bit
8800gtx@ SLI vs 1950xtx @ Xfire?
8800GTX rules theses days hehehe

but i think the right question is
SLI?
i975x or 680i= 680i
Xfire?
i975X or RD600= http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=129509

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How close is 650i to 680i in 3 D benchmarks at GPU stock speeds and overclocked GPU speeds?

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me think is the same

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P.S. With that P5w64 can you use one of the PCI-E slots for a faster kind of RAID card?

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i haven`t tried but i c no problems to fit it

any chance of 3T? seems to be faster in pi on RD600.

Some interesting numbers, odd that RD600 is soo far behind in 32M. Large System Cache used? Almost looks like RD600 1T is the same as 2T. P5N32-E for me is over 30s slower at 32M than 975 @ 4.6ghz.

Really great post PcCI2iminal, thanks for that :toast:

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Almost looks like RD600 1T is the same as 2T.

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Those early comments by Tony suggested this board needs 1T to fly in performance so I find it weird to see 1T vs 2T on RD600 so close together... but it might indeed be the RD600 oc'ers right now aren't nowhere close to the right tweaks, at least that's one of the explanations... Otherwise the difference in Superpi32M times vs the 975X board is devastating.

Great work man. I've done MB roundups in the past and it's a lot of work. nice job for sticking through it all.

just terrific, its about time someone gave a direct comparison.

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Very nice, Good work!

nice job, thanks!

RD600 is weak.......very weak ati..... i have the same feeling for the R600.

Thanks PcCI2iminal, great work as usual :clap: :toast:


All I want now is an 650i or an Axe2 :confused: :stick: :confused:

Good job!

Would like to see some RD600 sync results ;)

very nice job

would like to see the DFI P965 soon in this comparison :)

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dual X16 SLI vs dual X8 Crossfire?

P.S. With that P5w64 can you use one of the PCI-E slots for a faster kind of RAID card?

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i have the regular Asus WS Pro board and i am using the other 16X slot to run an Areca Raid 8X Pcie card...works flawlessly!

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775 WAR
Asus P5B DLX P965 vs P5W64 WS Pro 975X vs P5N32-E SLI 680i vs DFI ICFX3200-T2R/G RD600

These are the tests
3d01
3d06
aqua03
F.E.A.R.
superpi
Nuclearus
ScienceMark
Winrar
Cinebench 9.5

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PcCI2iminal, could you add the Asus Commando to this '775 WAR'?

Added this thread to the Ultimate C2D Guide. http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=133706

Thnx :)

Thank u very very much

-tam2-

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very nice job

would like to see the DFI P965 soon in this comparison :)

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Infinity or Gigabyte 680i ;)

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PcCI2iminal, could you add the Asus Commando to this '775 WAR'?

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ok , will be easy to run these tests again :)

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Added this thread to the Ultimate C2D Guide. http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=133706

Thnx :)

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I am only trying to help

thanks NickS :)

Another suggestion would be to add a 650i board into the mix as well.

@Criminal

My actually Mainboard ist the ASUS Commando ..

I have now the choise between 2 new mainboards, because i dont need a board which can run 500fsb when i only need ones of 430 ...

I can sell my Commando for 190€ -> One M8 wants to sell me his ASUS P5WDG2-WS Pro , 3 Months old , retail and accessories are in superb condition and not unwrapped ...

Or i can exchange my Commando against a 3 Monts old EVGA 680i in SuperB condition ( only 2x used ) Retail , all accesssories are unwrapped ....


Either Mainboards can run 430 +++ FSB .....

Which mainboard will be the best and your favourite ?

I am coding very much ... Games like BF2142 , CallofDuty 2 ,Quake 4 and all new Games are welcome and will be played :) ....

I dont need SLi because my 8800GTX is okay and fast enough..Maybe i will buy the R600.. I have Micron D9 2x1024DDR2 Memory ...

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Superb comparison, can't fault it.

excellent work :clap: