DFI LANParty DK 790FX-B M2RSH

Written by Richard Swinburne

February 17, 2009 | 10:22

Tags: #2 #45nm #65nm #790fx #am2 #benchmarks #comparison #crossfire #ddr2 #ii #lanparty #oc #overclocking #performance #phenom #review #sb750 #testing

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Crysis

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Crysis (CrossFireX)

1680x1050 0AA 0AF, All High Settings

  • DFI 790FX-B M2RSH
  • MSI DKA790GX Platinum
  • 24.0
  • 26.6
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The DFI board with its 790FX chipset has a set of full PCI-Express 2.0 x16 lanes for CrossFire, whereas the MSI with its 790GX only sports a pair of PCI-Express 2.0 x8 slots. Strangely though, it's the MSI that exceeds the performance of the DFI yet again in Crysis by more than just a couple of frames per second. The DFI is strangely unable to handle this particular game engine quite so well, despite its bandwidth advantage.

Far Cry 2

Publisher: Ubisoft

Far Cry 2 (CrossFireX)

1680x1050 0AA 0AF, Ultra High Settings

  • DFI 790FX-B M2RSH
  • MSI DKA790GX Platinum
    • 28.8
    • 23.7
    • 29.5
    • 24.5
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  • Average FPS
  • Minimum FPS

Again, we see that the DFI lags slightly behind the MSI here in Far Cry 2, although the difference between the two boards is less than it was with a single GeForce GTX 280.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two


Publisher: Valve

Half-Life 2: Episode Two (CrossFireX)

1680x1050 4AA 4AF, Highest Settings

  • DFI 790FX-B M2RSH
  • MSI DKA790GX Platinum
  • 158.7
  • 157.0
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Finally in HL2: E2 the DFI scores a win by a couple of frames per second, but at nearly 160 fps that's only a single percent difference.
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