Gaming, and how fast is it when overclocked?
Gaming| Motherboard: Far Cry 2 - 1,024x768 LQ DX9 | |
|---|---|
| Gigabyte EX58-UD5 | ASUS P6T SE |
| 186.14 | 182.35 |
| Motherboard: Far Cry 2 - 1,680x1050 HQ DX10 | |
|---|---|
| Gigabyte EX58-UD5 | ASUS P6T SE |
| 81.33 | 81.86 |
The game runs smoothly at 1,680x1,050, DX10, high-quality settings on a Radeon HD 5770 card. Both boards support additional ATI cards in CrossFireX, but only the Gigabyte provides SLI usage.
Mid-level overclocking performance
What we're looking at here is performance once the boards have been overclocked a reasonable amount. As per the testing notes, the CPU's BCLK is raised to 177MHz with a CPU multiplier of 18x (3,186MHz, DDR3 at 1,067MHz).
| Motherboard OC: HEXUS.PiFast | |
|---|---|
| Gigabyte EX58-UD5 | ASUS P6T SE |
| 26.7 | 26.65 |
| Motherboard OC: CINEBNCH R10 | |
|---|---|
| Gigabyte EX58-UD5 | ASUS P6T SE |
| 18449 | 18365 |
| Motherboard OC: Far Cry 2 - 1,024x768 LQ | |
|---|---|
| Gigabyte EX58-UD5 | ASUS P6T SE |
| 193.5 | 191.57 |
Performance increases, obviously, and the P6T SE exhibits rock-solid stability at 177MHz BCLK.