ECS H55H-I Review: Mini-ITX at a Sensible Price
by Rajinder Gill on May 6, 2010 6:59 AM EST- Posted in
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Far Cry 2
Featuring fantastic visuals courtesy of the Dunia Engine, this game also features one of the most impressive benchmark tools we have seen in a PC game. For single GPU results we set the performance feature set to Very High, graphics to High, and enable DX10 with 2xAA.
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II
We are big fans of the Warhammer franchise, especially Dawn of War II. One of the latest RTS games in our library is also one of the more demanding titles on both the CPU and GPU. We crank all options to Ultra, enable AA, and then run the built-in performance benchmark for our result.
AutoCAD 2010 x64—Cadalyst 2008
We utilize AutoCAD 2010 x64 and the Cadalyst Labs 5 benchmark.
For some reason the H55H-I holds a clear advantage in this benchmark.We've tried everything we can to reproduce these kind of scores on other boards and can't get close.
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Rajinder Gill - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Not a typo - it's 30 amps per FET at CPU VID.MadMan007 - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Amps alone aren't a measure of power. A=current, W=power.ajbumass - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
"Much of what the ECS H55H-I can and cannot do bares a startling resemblance to Intel’s DH57JG."This should be "bears".
"The only major difference is that ECS are keeping a loose grip on the voltage reigns for Clarkdale processors at present, so you get more room to play with overclocking."
I think you mean "reins".
Rajinder Gill - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Sorry, fixed!nubie - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
I have been waiting a long time.Finally and at last.
Only problem?
I have yet to see a decent case and PSU for one of these :(.
Well, except maybe a Shuttle K45 case and PSU. They have a slimline optical bay at the top, but no port for it in the front cover :S
jaydee - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Silverstone SG05/06, w/300W PSU?nubie - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Many thanks, I don't know how I missed that. I enjoy SPCR.Swivelguy2 - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Rajinder,Did you test if this board can run 2 digital displays (HDMI + DVI) from the IGP? There are reports that some H55 boards can only run 2 displays using one of them as analog, so I'm wondering if this one is similarly crippled.
Thanks for the review!
Rajinder Gill - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Hi,Just checked for you quickly. No problems here. I'm using DVI out and HDMI out simultaneously and both displays are active.
-Raja
Swivelguy2 - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Great, thanks!