On The Wings of an Eagle: GIGABYTE's X570 I Aorus Pro WIFI Motherboard Tested
by Gavin Bonshor on March 19, 2020 10:00 AM ESTGaming Performance
For X570 we are running using Windows 10 64-bit with the 1903 update as per our Ryzen 3000 CPU review.
World of Tanks enCore
Albeit different to most of the other commonly played MMO or massively multiplayer online games, World of Tanks is set in the mid-20th century and allows players to take control of a range of military based armored vehicles. World of Tanks (WoT) is developed and published by Wargaming who are based in Belarus, with the game’s soundtrack being primarily composed by Belarusian composer Sergey Khmelevsky. The game offers multiple entry points including a free-to-play element as well as allowing players to pay a fee to open up more features. One of the most interesting things about this tank based MMO is that it achieved eSports status when it debuted at the World Cyber Games back in 2012.
World of Tanks enCore is a demo application for a new and unreleased graphics engine penned by the Wargaming development team. Over time the new core engine will implemented into the full game upgrading the games visuals with key elements such as improved water, flora, shadows, lighting as well as other objects such as buildings. The World of Tanks enCore demo app not only offers up insight into the impending game engine changes, but allows users to check system performance to see if the new engine run optimally on their system.
Grand Theft Auto V
The highly anticipated iteration of the Grand Theft Auto franchise hit the shelves on April 14th 2015, with both AMD and NVIDIA in tow to help optimize the title. GTA doesn’t provide graphical presets, but opens up the options to users and extends the boundaries by pushing even the hardest systems to the limit using Rockstar’s Advanced Game Engine under DirectX 11. Whether the user is flying high in the mountains with long draw distances or dealing with assorted trash in the city, when cranked up to maximum it creates stunning visuals but hard work for both the CPU and the GPU.
For our test we have scripted a version of the in-game benchmark. The in-game benchmark consists of five scenarios: four short panning shots with varying lighting and weather effects, and a fifth action sequence that lasts around 90 seconds. We use only the final part of the benchmark, which combines a flight scene in a jet followed by an inner city drive-by through several intersections followed by ramming a tanker that explodes, causing other cars to explode as well. This is a mix of distance rendering followed by a detailed near-rendering action sequence, and the title thankfully spits out frame time data.
F1 2018
Aside from keeping up-to-date on the Formula One world, F1 2017 added HDR support, which F1 2018 has maintained; otherwise, we should see any newer versions of Codemasters' EGO engine find its way into F1. Graphically demanding in its own right, F1 2018 keeps a useful racing-type graphics workload in our benchmarks.
Aside from keeping up-to-date on the Formula One world, F1 2017 added HDR support, which F1 2018 has maintained. We use the in-game benchmark, set to run on the Montreal track in the wet, driving as Lewis Hamilton from last place on the grid. Data is taken over a one-lap race.
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eek2121 - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
Umm, speaking of misinformation. The B450 has 4 PCIE 3.0 lanes in addition to the 20 PCIE 3.0 lanes provided by the chipset. Yes, boards may provide a slot that is PCIE 2.0 only, but the majority of the connections, including the GPU, are 3.0.a5cent - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
No! You are thoroughly confused and you are the one spreading misinformation.Yes, the lanes going to the GPU are PCIe 3.0 lanes, as well as four going to an M.2 slot, but those lanes come off the CPU, not the CHIPSET. The CHIPSET and the CPU are two different things. We're talking about the chipset here.
The CHIPSET is officially PCIe 2.0. It has ZERO PCIe 3.0 lanes. You can look this up in any official documentation. On B550 those lanes will be PCIe 3.0, not PCIe 2.0.
At least understand the technology before commenting on it.
InTheMidstOfTheInBeforeCrowd - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
The 4 PCIe 3.0 lanes of the B450 are not usable for the user of the motherboard, because their only and exclusive purpose is to link the B450 hub itself to the CPU.You can't use them for anything else, because without the B450 hub being tied to the CPU through those PCIe 3.0 lanes, the B450 and the motherboard as a whole would be a dead fish in the water.
nerd1 - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link
The fan is right on the main m.2 drive heatsink, and PCIE 4.0 drive makes A LOT of heat.evernessince - Saturday, March 21, 2020 - link
Which is really irrelevant since the fan on X570 motherboards are either inaudible or run is passive mode 99% of the time.wr3zzz - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link
Sigh, the fan... Want to go Team Red this time but will have to wait for B550.MDD1963 - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
Yes, by all means, compare a mainboard's gaming performance at 1440P HIgh using a 4-5 year old GPU....MDD1963 - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
(Beginning next year, the newest 10900K and R94900 will do battle in gaming, each equipped, of course, with an Nvidia GT710InTheMidstOfTheInBeforeCrowd - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
Nah, to really show how powerful those new-fangled, revolutionary next-gen CPU will show, reviews will forego using any GPU and employ software rendering.close - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
Actually... https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/threadripper-3990x-cr...