Review: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Ivy Bridge motherboard

by Tarinder Sandhu on 31 May 2012, 09:30 3.5

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Gaming

Gaming results are split between the IGP's numbers and those spat out by a top-of-the-range GeForce GTX 680. Increase the CPU speed and there's a slight improvement in the GTX 680-powered scores. Bump up the IGP's core clock from 1,150MHz to 1,400MHz and its 3DMark Vantage score increases by 14 per cent.

The IGP increase is also 14 per cent in 3DMark 11, but the benchmark remains very choppy.

A more meaningful IGP test is Just Cause 2, run at a 720p resolution with medium/low settings. Here, the IGP's performance jumps by 13.5 per cent.