Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P and DS4 mobos

Written by Richard Swinburne

January 21, 2009 | 08:40

Tags: #analysis #crossfire #mobo #motherboard #overclock #overclocking #performance #result #review #sli #testing #x58

Companies: #gigabyte #test

Crysis

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Crysis (CrossFire)

1680x1050 0xAA 0xAF, All High Settings

  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
  • Asus P6T Deluxe
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4
  • MSI Eclipse SLI
  • 36.7
  • 36.4
  • 35.5
  • 35.3
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40
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Surprisingly in CrossFire the UD4P outperforms even the Asus in Crysis by a small margin, and is a frame per second faster than the DS4 which in turn noses ahead of the MSI. This isn't surprisingly since the DS4 is limited to a x16-x8 versus the x16-x16 of the Asus and UD4P, but obviously half the bandwidth doesn't account for much in terms of real world performance benefit.

Far Cry 2

Publisher: Ubisoft

Far Cry 2 (CrossFire)

1680x1050 0xAA 0xAF, Ultra High Settings

  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
  • MSI Eclipse SLI
  • Asus P6T Deluxe
    • 43.8
    • 37.7
    • 43.0
    • 36.9
    • 42.9
    • 36.9
    • 42.6
    • 35.9
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Frames Per Second - higher is better
  • Average
  • Minimum

The DS4 tops the table here with a better average and minimum fps than the UD4P and other boards, but they aren't that far behind and both boards are faster than the MSI and Asus in CrossFire. It's consistent but weird result considering the DS4 is the most limited on the bunch with a pair of x16-x8 PCI-Express 2.0 lanes.
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