Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
We compared the EX58-Extreme against MSI’s top dog – the Eclipse Plus. We also threw in MSI Eclipse SLI, MSI X58 Platinum, and two of Gigabyte’s entry-level and enthusiast-level LGA 1366 boards – the GA-X58-UD3R and GA-X58-UD5. All six of these motherboards have identical chipsets (minus the NF200 in the Eclipse Plus), similar specs, and comparable features. It should be interesting to see the performance differences as well as power consumption results during our benchmarks.
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Test System Setup |
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CPU |
Intel i7-920 (running at 2.8GHz, 133×21) |
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Motherboards |
MSI Eclipse Plus
MSI Eclipse SLI MSI X58 Platinum GA-EX58-Extreme GA-X58-UD3R GA-X58-UD5 |
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Memory |
OCZ 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Triple Channel |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital 160GB SATA 3GB/s |
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Sound Card |
Onboard sound |
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Video Card |
Gigabyte GTS 250 512MB |
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Video Drivers |
NVIDIA: 190.62
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| Power Supply | PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750w |
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DirectX Version |
DX10 / DX9c |
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit |
Our 64-bit test bench for Core i7 processors includes 6 GBs of RAM, a GTS 250 512MB graphics card, and a Western Digital 160GB SATA hard drive for storage. This configuration is based off a typical mid-range users i7 system.
Benchmarks used:
– SiSoft Sandra 2009 SP1
– CineBench 10
– Handbrake DVD compression
– 3DMark Vantage
– Crysis Warhead
– Far Cry 2
– PCMark Vantage
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