ASUS Republic of Gamers and X79 ROG Review – Rampage IV Gene, Formula and Extreme

Civilization V

Civilization V is a strategy video game that utilizes a significant number of the latest GPU features and software advances.  Using the in-game benchmark, we run Civilization V at 2560x1440 with full graphical settings, similar to Ryan in his GPU testing functionality.  Results reported by the benchmark are the total number of frames in sixty seconds, which we normalize to frames per second.

For Civilization V, the ROG boards get ahead at 2560x1440 when more GPU power is under the hood - this means two or more AMD cards, or any number of NVIDIA cards.  Note that Civilization V does not scale well with AMD, but the X79 platform is best suited to deal with this situation.

Dirt 3

Dirt 3 is a rallying video game and the third in the Dirt series of the Colin McRae Rally series, developed and published by Codemasters.  Using the in game benchmark, Dirt 3 is run at 2560x1440 with full graphical settings.  Results are reported as the average frame rate across four runs.

Similarly to Civilization V, the ROG boards perform best when more GPU power is in the system for Dirt 3.  Dirt 3 scales very well with GPU power and loves memory bandwidth, so for two or more 7970s (or any number of NVIDIA cards), the ROG boards pull ahead (even if only by the most minute of percentages).

Metro2033

Metro2033 is a 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 2560x1440 with full graphical settings.  Results are given as the average frame rate from 10 runs.

Metro 2033 seems unbothered by which platform is used - only by what GPUs are being used.