Gigabyte H55N-USB3 : Mini-ITX done the Gigabyte way...
by Rajinder Gill on June 15, 2010 7:49 AM EST- Posted in
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Far Cry 2
Featuring fantastic visuals courtesy of the Dunia Engine, this game also features one of the most impressive benchmark tools we have seen in a PC game. For single GPU results we set the performance feature set to Very High, graphics to High, and enable DX10 with 2xAA.
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II
We are big fans of the Warhammer franchise, especially Dawn of War II. One of the latest RTS games in our library is also one of the more demanding titles on both the CPU and GPU. We crank all options to Ultra, enable AA, and then run the built-in performance benchmark for our result.
Nothing special to report on the frame rate front, these boards all perform to similar levels at a given clock frequency.
AutoCAD 2010 x64—Cadalyst 2008
We utilize AutoCAD 2010 x64 and the Cadalyst Labs 5 benchmark.
ECS holds an advantage in this benchmark over every other motherboard we've reviewed. We're still not sure on the cause, although we suspect it's related to C-States.
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jakefalcons - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
I would choose a gigabyte motherboard over a dfi one right now seeing as how dfi is pulling out of the retail motherboard. just my 2 centsjakefalcons - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
edit *retail market excuse me ><Soulkeeper - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
That's a nice looking board.Gigabyte is my favorite right now :)
Would be good to see an AMD mini-itx too
jaydee - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
Where can you get the Zotac board for ~$110? It's ~$138 at newegg right now.
Rajinder Gill - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
Sorry my bad. I heard Zotac were going to shift the price down to $110. Corrected!Regards
Raja
bumble12 - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
Newegg did have the Zotac for $110 a couple weeks ago when I was seriously considering getting one. They're always adjusting prices based on stock / demand...P4spooky - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
Great review. Would be nice if you can start including some HTPC specific tests in your review especially for boards targeted for the HTPC market like this one. I would like to see Audio bitstreaming capability, any issues related to it for example.Rajinder Gill - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
Hi,Thanks for the suggestion. I'll discuss this with the rest of the team and see what we can come up with.
-Raja
Saltbread - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
I second the need fore HTPC specific tests. I was really expecting that they would be some in his since I believe the Zotac review leaned in that direction as well. I'd REALLY like to see a shootout HTPC wise with the Zotac vs ECS vs Gigabyte!!BTW, could anyone suggest a mini ITX case with an external 5.25 external slot I could put a bluray drive in? Are there any slot loading bluray drives anywhere on the market?
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Thursday, 21 October 2010 at 9:48 PM