Crysis
Publisher: Electronic ArtsWe tested the game using the 64-bit executable under and DirectX 10 with the 1.21 patch applied. We used a custom time demo recorded on the Harbour map which is more representative of gameplay than the built-in benchmark that renders things much faster than you're going to experience in game.
For our testing, we set all the settings to High. Because of how intense the game is, we tested with both anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering disabled at resolutions above 1,680 x 1,050 for the time being. There is currently no support for anisotropic filtering in the game, but you can still force it from the driver control panel.
Crysis performance is back and forth between the two boards across the single and multi-GPU tests at stock speeds. Out of the three scenarios the Asus only draws a clear lead with ATI cards installed, however there's not much in it between the two.
Far Cry 2
Publisher: UbisoftFar Cry 2 is the latest first person shooter from Ubisoft, and while it continues the Far Cry franchise that Crytek started in 2004, this game is built on its own in-house engine and has no association - other than its name - to anything Crytek has worked on or is working on now. We used a retail version of the game patched to version 1.02, and used the in-built "Action" gameplay demo set to Ultra-Very High settings under DirectX 10.
In Far Cry 2 the MSI is slightly consistently faster average FPS, however the Asus board gives a marginally smoother experience with a higher minimum in every situation. The differences are again minimal though.
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Posted by wyx087 - Wed Sep 09 2009 12:43
not looking at the value score, it's a fantastic board
the turbo remote is completely useless apart from the ON button and clear-CMOS. since i overclocked by changing memory multiplier and timing, went in to save the profile, then went back to stock, loaded up Windows and tryed to use the key, but it froze. seems like the TurboV program doesn't save anything other than Bclk and a few simple voltages. also, as you said, the animation feels laggy and slow.
so is 200 Bclk the highest you've achieved? i was expecting a little higher....... also, for i5 750, highest configurable multiplier is 21x.
for BIOS, my one came with the one before 0504, not sure what other people got. but just a note for other comp. winners.
from personal experience, would have preferred the "target voltage" option in the BIOS, especially for CPU offset mode. other than that, fantastic board, really stable and easy to overclock.