ASUS F1A75-I Deluxe Review – Llano and Mini-ITX

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.