EVGA X58 SLI Micro Motherboard Review

Written by James Gorbold

April 26, 2010 | 01:03

Tags: #980x #atx #benchmark #cheap #compare #gulftown #lga1366 #matx #micro-atx #motherboard #oc #overclocking #performance #results #review #speed #x58

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Crysis

Publisher: Electronic Arts

We 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 without anti-aliasing or anisotropic filtering enabled, and at a resolution of 1,680 x 1,050. There is currently no support for anisotropic filtering in the game, but you can still force it from the driver control panel if you wish.

Crysis (stock speed)

1680x1050 0xAA 0xAF, All High Settings, Radeon HD 5870

  • Asus P6X58D Premium
  • Asus P6TD Deluxe
  • Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7
  • EVGA X58 SLI Micro
  • Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
  • Asus Rampage III Extreme
    • 58
    • 33
    • 58
    • 32
    • 58
    • 31
    • 57
    • 31
    • 54
    • 31
    • 50
    • 30
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Frames Per Second - higher is better
  • Average
  • Minimum

Crysis (overclocked)

1680x1050 0xAA 0xAF, All High Settings, Radeon HD 5870

  • Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
  • Asus Rampage III Extreme
  • Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7
  • Asus P6TD Deluxe
  • Asus P6X58D Premium
  • EVGA X58 SLI Micro
    • 61
    • 42
    • 60
    • 42
    • 60
    • 41
    • 60
    • 40
    • 60
    • 37
    • 58
    • 32
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Frames Per Second - higher is better
  • Average
  • Minimum

See the Performance Analysis page for discussion of this graph.

SATA Performance

Website: HD Tach 3.0

We tested the SATA and performance with an Intel X25-M SSD to maximise the use of the SATA connections and reveal any differences in performance. We used the Quick test of HDTach 3.0, and recorded the average read speed.

SATA controller speed

HDTach 3.0.1.0, 8MB Zone Test, Average Read

  • Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 (Intel ICH10R)
  • EVGA X58 SLI Micro
  • Asus P6TD Deluxe (Intel ICH10R)
  • Asus P6X58D Premium (Marvell 9128)
  • Asus P6X58D Premium (Intel ICH10R)
  • Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 (Marvell 9128)
  • Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (Marvell 9128)
  • Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (Intel ICH10R)
  • Asus Rampage III Extreme (Intel ICH10R)
  • Asus Rampage III Extreme (Marvell 9128)
  • Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 (Gigabyte SATA2)
  • Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (Gigabyte SATA2)
    • 260
    • 259
    • 256
    • 254
    • 250
    • 248
    • 246
    • 245
    • 244
    • 237
    • 185
    • 177
0
50
100
150
200
250
MB/sec (higher is better)
  • Stock

See the Performance Analysis page for discussion of this graph.
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