Gigabyte P45 Mobo Reviewed |
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Gigabyte P45 Mobo Reviewed |
 Aug 17 2008, 07:49 PM
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 OCC's Water Boy  Posts: 898 Joined: 27-March 07 From: Chicago Member No.: 20,337  |
hey everyone,
we've just had the Gigabyte EP-45 Extreme motherboard up on the test bench - check it out! looks like a damn fine motherboard! 
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Aug 18 2008, 08:07 AM
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 Audio Nut  Posts: 6,677 Joined: 14-February 04 From: Clemson U. Member No.: 8,484 |
Good review! The numbers are so close on most of the tests that I can't help but make a comment about the margin of error though.
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Aug 18 2008, 08:34 AM
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 Certified Geek  Posts: 1,900 Joined: 12-May 08 Member No.: 32,290 |
Looks like the oc'ability was limited by the speed of the ram used. I'd be interested in knowing what that quad can do, when not limited, with a board like this.
Also interesting that it seemed there wasn't much gained by oc'ing. From 2664mhz to 3570, the gains in all the tests were minimal. That's a 34% oc, yet the testing results were like 4% better:( This post has been edited by Fight Game: Aug 18 2008, 08:39 AM -------------------- Dell 24" UltraSharp 2408
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Aug 18 2008, 09:59 AM
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Audio Nut Posts: 6,677 Joined: 14-February 04 From: Clemson U. Member No.: 8,484 |
QUOTE (Fight Game @ Aug 18 2008, 04:34 PM)  Also interesting that it seemed there wasn't much gained by oc'ing. From 2664mhz to 3570, the gains in all the tests were minimal. That's a 34% oc, yet the testing results were like 4% better:( I would attribute that to the video card more than anything. -------------------- Desktop: | Q6600 @ 3.2 GHz | 128 GB GSkill Falcon | 8 GB WinTec AmpX | Sapphire 4870 X2 | DFI P35-T2RL | PCP&C Silencer 610 | W7 x64 | HTPC: | X3 720 BE @ 3.4 GHz | 4.5 TB Storage | 8 GB GeIL Black Dragon | PowerColor 4830 | ECS A-780GM-A | ATI Theater 650 Pro | OCZ Fatal1ty 550 | W7 x64 | Router/VPN/Compiling: | Opteron 175 | 4 GB DDR 500 | S3 Trio PCI VGA | Asus A8N-SLI SE | SinTek 500SLI | XP Pro | Office: | Dell Precision 390 | Core 2 Duo E6320 | 2 GB DDR2 667 | XFX 7800GT | Fedora 10 / Windows 7 RC | NetBook: | Asus EeePC 900A | 1.6 GHz Atom | 32 GB SSD | 2 GB DDR2 667 | Intel Integrated | W7 x86 | |
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