The EVGA X570 Dark Motherboard Review: A Dark Beast For Ryzen
by Gavin Bonshor on October 8, 2021 8:00 AM ESTGaming Performance
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 runs 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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DigitalFreak - Sunday, October 10, 2021 - link
It's an e-peen board for the LN2 crowd and people with more money than sense, nothing more.Bavor - Tuesday, April 19, 2022 - link
If your priority is network transfer speeds, this motherboard isn't marketed toward you.iranterres - Friday, October 8, 2021 - link
2 RAM slots, 2 M2 slots,, lack of USBs 2 extra frames per second on average, 700$ = LOLmeacupla - Friday, October 8, 2021 - link
That's more on anandtech not using liquid nitrogen to cool the CPU for extreme overclocking, rather than the board costing $700 and "not delivering on performance".It's like putting an engine from a scooter into an F1 car. Of course it's going to underperform.
ballsystemlord - Friday, October 8, 2021 - link
The missing RAM slots greatly diminish it's appeal.For USB, you have headers which is fine IMHO. Everyone wants to access their USB ports from the front panel where it's more convenient anyway.
Considering AMD normally has a very low compression score, it'd be neat to know how they boosted it.
In general, the pricing on the current MB generations are through the roof.
I recall maybe a few year ago when MBs were $200 for the top end.
meacupla - Friday, October 8, 2021 - link
If you don't understand why it only has 2 RAM slots, this board is not for you.ballsystemlord - Friday, October 8, 2021 - link
Obviously. But why doesn't it have 4 RAM slots?Eliadbu - Friday, October 8, 2021 - link
More optimized memory traces paths, which will allow more stable memory over clocking. Normal users have no need for this but those who try to break world records, it may mean the difference between getting the top score or not. This is the idea of dark lineup - getting the the extra few percentages for those who are in the extreme and also make the process easier for them.Daeros - Saturday, October 9, 2021 - link
What does Wi-Fi or the second NIC add to the overclocking percentages?Eliadbu - Saturday, October 9, 2021 - link
Non, I guess users requested it so they added this alongside with RGB and other stuff . My X299 dark has doesn't have wifi card or