| ASRock 780FullHD - Performance |
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| Written by Jeff_Tom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Here is our test system
Our test system was Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 with Catalyst 8.10 drivers.
We tested the transfer rates of our Western Digital 750GB to AMD's SB750 Southbridge. We compared this board to the high-end Asus board with the SB750 chipset and 790FX Northbridge with no integrated video.
Not a huge difference between a very expensive motherboard and a cheaper ASRock at least in Southbridge testing. Next we tested external USB 2.0 transfer rates with a WD Raptor hard drive.
Bit of a switch here in USB performance but nothing that can be accounted to variables in testing.
Next we tested game performance against Gigabyte's 780G motherboard.
As you can see you do lose quite a bit with the loss of Sideport memory from the board. If you're looking to do gaming you'll probably want to look at least a 780G with sideport memory if not a 790GX. Power consumption is up next. Idle measurements were taking at 5 minutes idle into Windows Vista desktop, load was measured with Valve's map creator benchmark which stresses all four cores.
Sideport memory adds slightly to the overall power consumption of the board.
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| Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 November 2008 15:43 |