Originally posted at www.maxitmag.com
A big thanks to Dan at maXit, who sent the board out to me. Without his help, this would not have been possible.
There's been a debate over which board is faster clock/clock. Most say the ASUS is faster, wheras others firmly believe nothing seperates the 2.
I've taken the liberty to run a series of tests on both boards and publish the results for the benefit of the general public.
These are the tests I decided to run:
3D Mark 06 (Default settings)
3D Mark 2001 SE (Default settings)
Aquamark 3 (Default settings)
Super Pi 32M (Realtime priority)
F.E.A.R. Multiplayer Demo version 1.02 (Computer - High ; Graphics - custom : 1152 x 864, Everything on maximum, no soft shadows, 4 x AA, 16 x AF)
All tests were run at 2 settings on both boards:
a) stock - 266 x 7 (1866 MHz), DDR2 667, 3-3-3-10
b) overclocked - 400 x 7 (2800 MHz), DDR2 800, 4-4-4-10
Hardware used was:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe and Gigabyte GA-P965-DS3 motherboards
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 ES (Allendale 2 MB L2 Cache)
2 x 1 GB Team Xtreem PC2 5300 RAM 3-4-4-8
256MB Connect 3D X1800XT
Maxtor DiamondMax10 80 GB HDD
NEC ND 3500 AG DVD-RW drive
Antec Truepower 2.0 550W EPS 12v PSU
Stock Cooling was used throughout.
OS: Clean Install of XP Pro SP2 was used with each board
Graphics Drivers: ATi Catalyst 6.6 official
The X1800XT was run at stock speeds for each test.
Results:
Stock Speeds
3DM2001 SE
ASUS
Gigabyte
3DM06
ASUS
Gigabyte
Aquamark 3
ASUS
Gigabyte
Super Pi 32M
ASUS
Gigabyte
F.E.A.R.
ASUS
Gigabyte
Overclocked
3DM2001 SE
ASUS
Gigabyte
3DM06
ASUS
Gigabyte
Aquamark 3
ASUS
Gigabyte
Super Pi 32M
ASUS
Gigabyte
F.E.A.R.
ASUS
Gigabyte
This took me quite some time to do, and I hope it is of use to you.
Cheers,
Ash
PS:
Pic of my testbed
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