Gaming Tests
3DMark Vantage
A reliable and popular benchmark, 3DMark Vantage can provide a good insight into overall gaming performance of a system.
Crysis Warhead
One of the most visually impressive games ever built, Crysis Warhead also has an incredibly realistic physics and simulation engine.
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2 pairs impressive visuals with a truly interactive and destructible environment.
The P55M-UD4 was only a few points behind the Maximus III Gene for the top 3DMark Vantage score. This says a lot about this board’s gaming capabilities and should be a good canidate for dual SLI or CrossfireX graphics cards too. During our other gaming benchmarks, we didn’t see much of a difference in this board’s frame rates after running three instances of Crysis Warhead or Far Cry 2 at 1024×768. I think all three of these motherboards were tailored to gamers in the first place so the consistency between the results is not surprising in the least.
