ASUS F1A75-I Deluxe Review – Llano and Mini-ITX
by Ian Cutress on October 1, 2011 5:30 PM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
- Asus
- A75
Metro2033 IGP
Metro 2033 is a challenging DX11 benchmark that challenges every system that tries to run it at any high-end settings. Developed by 4A Games and released in March 2010, we use the inbuilt DirectX 11 Frontline benchmark to test the hardware at 1024x768 with medium settings. Results are given as the average frame rate from 10 runs.
Despite the increase in memory, the 320 SP IGP in the A6-3650 gives fewer frames than the 400 SP IGP in the A8-3850 of the A75 Extreme6.
Dirt2 IGP
Dirt 2 is a racing game released in September 2009, published by Codemasters. We use the inbuilt benchmark at 1024x768 and medium settings, and the results shown are the average frame rate from 4 runs.
In the EGO engine, faster memory rules here over processing power, giving the A6-3650 at DDR3-1866 a lead.
Left4Dead2
Left4Dead 2 is a classic Steam FPS Shooter. It changes very quickly from GPU to CPU bound over a certain limit - our test is a time demo taken from a run through of the first level.
While the game is GPU bound, memory obviously plays a role.
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jensend - Saturday, October 1, 2011 - link
Glad to see at least one manufacturer put two usb3 ports on the back and included a header for the A75's other ports. ASRock's board wouldn't allow for any front usb3 ports or any internal usb3 devices (usu. card readers).But $145 is a bit steep for my taste. Hopefully they'll come out with a cheaper version sans remote.
Death666Angel - Saturday, October 1, 2011 - link
"this board has not been released"I can buy this board at 14 different online stores and they have it in store. Unless Europe/Germany has a different ASUS F1A75-I Deluxe, this thing is released as can be. :-)
Also, it costs 45€ more than the AsRock I got and the only difference I see is the AsRock has no WLAN, no remote and no DP. For me, I made the right choice. :D
Iketh - Saturday, October 1, 2011 - link
Why in the world is a 1000W PS being used for this system???? Use a 350w silver or even less.... I stopped reading when I saw thatAnandThenMan - Sunday, October 2, 2011 - link
The make Llano look bad, there is no other logical explanation. Well except gross incompetence to use such a PS for this platform.Death666Angel - Sunday, October 2, 2011 - link
It's the curse of a standardized test system:you save quite a bit of time and have overall the better comparison between tests, but you do end up making some things look worse than they are, since one size doesn't fit all.
I think you are reading too much into this. If you want to see how this (obvious HTPC board) fares with a HTPC setup, go look for another site that specializes in it. :-)
Intel Motherboards are tested with the same setup btw and they are looking about as good as Llano here, I think. And when you look at the initial SNB review, you have idle numbers for the i3 3100 of 73W (they don't list the used PSU in those reviews), which is quite a lot worse than Llano and some Athlons in that test.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridg...
:D
Soulkeeper - Saturday, October 1, 2011 - link
1.35 V is the lowest dram voltage it will let you select ?Any idea if future bios can/will allow lower ?
Soulkeeper - Saturday, October 1, 2011 - link
Does this keyboard function like a standard wireless usb keyboard ?IE: it doesn't need special drivers and will work in linux ?
hp79 - Saturday, October 1, 2011 - link
AMD really sucks. 50 Watt of power in idle with integrated GPU is really terrible.I have a intel i3-2120 with 8GB ram, 1 SSD, 1 HDD, GTX 460 1GB on a intel mini-itx board, which is housed in Lian Li PC-Q11 and that uses only 45W power on idle. When playing games, the case stays really quiet and takes around 100W to 140W. By the way, I have a Antec 380W 80 plus power supply.
Imagine what it'll look like if I take off that power hungry graphics card since intel HD2000 has no problem handling multimedia stuff.
50W idle for AMD Llano is really a shame. Especially since energy usage is directly related to heat, and space is a premium for HTPCs or mini-itx cases, 50W idle is really not a good choice.
One thing I have to thank AMD is for it wasn't for them, intel would have been less innovative, and who knows we might have been stuck with Pentium D's today. I don't expect much from AMD's but I hope they can continue to offer some mid-end, low-end competition so we can buy intel's good stuff for cheap. i3-2120 plus H61 motherboard for $110 is an amazing price.
nubie - Sunday, October 2, 2011 - link
Um, did you see the guy above you complaining about the 1000watt power supply?Maybe that is the cause of the power draw being so high.
These results only are comparable with a computer using the 1000watt power supply.
I would love to see a PC using the Xbox360 power brick for example, 203Watt was the highest spec they came in, newer ones are close to 100watt.
hp79 - Sunday, October 2, 2011 - link
Yes, I read his comment after reading the whole article. I also thought the 1000W power supply was awkward, but still shouldn't be the reason using that much power. It's a 80 Plus PSU, and an expensive one.I also have a AMD Athlon X3 435 which uses 55W on idle with nforece integrated graphics. Another reason I don't like AMD is that the performance was lower than a cheap ass $30 Celeron E3300 when I tested playing games with a GT240 graphics card on both of them. No more AMDs in my house.