Gigabyte X79S-UP5 WiFi Review: Ultra Durable 5 Meets the C606 Chipset
by Ian Cutress on September 6, 2012 6:36 PM EST- Posted in
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- Gigabyte
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- C606
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.
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 4 runs.
With a native set of x16/x16/x8 lanes onboard, the X79S-UP5 seems to do fine with gaming testing, matching our other X79 boards.
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James5mith - Friday, September 7, 2012 - link
For what it's worth, I would personally be interested to see what 8x SAS SSD's would do vs. the 8x SATA SSD's.SAS is full duplex vs. SATA's half-duplex. As well, native SAS doesn't suffer the overhead of the tunneling protocol that allows SATA drives to run under a SAS controller.
soloburrito - Friday, September 7, 2012 - link
why no mention of the ASUS x79 WS? It seems relevant to include in any comparison with this board.loimlo - Sunday, September 9, 2012 - link
Hi IanAt first, thanks for your hard work. It's a pleasure to read your article.
Given the popularity of samrtphones/tablets, I think it is the right time to add USB charging into MB review. As almost every MB vendors have one or two USB Charging functions like USB charging during computer S5 sleep, over-current USB Charging for iPAD, it does make sense to test and include this function review.
My suggestions are as follow:
1. Normal USB Charging: 500mA for every samrtphones/tablets like iPhone, iPAD, Android devices. Very long charging time usually.
2. USB charging during S5 for iPhone, iPAD, Android devices
3. Vendor proprietary software to control over-current USB charging like 1.5A/2A for iPhone, iPAD, Android devices to shorten charging time.
Given the 2012 Amazon Kindle tables ship without a charger, USB charging will be getting more and more popular among enthusiasts
drmrking - Monday, September 10, 2012 - link
>>As stated with the ASRock X79 Extreme11 though, eight-way RAID-0 is an obscure usage scenario.No I totally disagree - 8 x 500gb SSD is going to be a pretty common usage for photographers - we need storage volume and speed. SSDs are very reliable (no moving parts) so its pretty productive to use Raid 0 as long as you back up changes regularly.
Of course I can't get the full read potential (4gb/sec) out of that setup but the write performance is pretty well matched.
Mike
IanCutress - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - link
Hi Mike,Thanks for letting us know that at least someone considers 8-way RAID-0. We all have our own narrow view of what constitutes normal usage, and it's always good to hear that one segment uses a particular feature to the maximum.
Ian
ray1214 - Thursday, September 20, 2012 - link
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