The ASRock X299E-ITX/ac Motherboard Review: An 18-core No-Compromise Mini-ITX
by Joe Shields on December 4, 2017 8:00 AM ESTGaming Performance 2017: AoTS Escalation
Ashes of the Singularity
Ashes of the Singularity is a Real Time Strategy game developed by Oxide Games and Stardock Entertainment. The original AoTS was released back in March of 2016 while the standalone expansion pack, Escalation, was released in November of 2016 adding more structures, maps, and units. We use this specific benchmark as it relies on both a good GPU as well as on the CPU in order to get the most frames per second. This balance is able to better display any system differences in gaming as opposed to a more GPU heavy title where the CPU and system doesn't matter quite as much. We use the default "Crazy" in-game settings using the DX11 rendering path in both 1080p and 4K UHD resolutions. The benchmark is run four times and the results averaged then plugged into the graph.
Much ado about nothing here. The little board that could, continues to mix right in with the other boards.
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CheapSushi - Monday, December 4, 2017 - link
If you're going to spend the money on this, why would you complain about not being able to use full DIMM just to save money? That's some odd penny pinching. And with your idea, you'd be compromising features just because of that, thus diluting the value of this. Are you planning to spend $$ ONLY to use it for less than a year or something? I don't see the issue. In fact more boards should embrace SODIMMs instead. Full DIMMs are a complete waste on consumer/gaming boards, especially mITX and mATX; much of the PCB is WASTED because of the lack of server features (ECC, buffering, extra voltage ICs, etc); this is often artificially segmented anyway.CheapSushi - Monday, December 4, 2017 - link
I really wish SODIMMs would become the norm on mITX mATX and even ATX for consumer/gamer boards. The DIMM PCB (thus size) is wasted when non-ECC/Buffered.CharonPDX - Tuesday, December 5, 2017 - link
Sheesh! I just want a Micro ATX Coffee Lake board with Thunderbolt 3 and WiFi built in for not a ridiculous amount of money.Rene23 - Saturday, December 9, 2017 - link
I need such a #mini-itx board for AM4 though, ... :-/