ASUS M4A89GTD Pro - A Core Unlocking 890GX for $140
by Rajinder Gill on March 10, 2010 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Gaming and 3D performance
Far Cry 2
Featuring fantastic visuals courtesy of the Dunia Engine, this game also features one of the most impressive benchmark tools we have seen in a PC game. For single GPU results we set the performance feature set to Very High, graphics to High, and enable DX10 with 2xAA.
Not a great show here from AMD in comparison to the Intel counterparts, but playable nevertheless.
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II
We are big fans of the Warhammer franchise, especially Dawn of War II. One of the latest RTS games in our library is also one of the more demanding titles on both the CPU and GPU. We crank all options to Ultra, enable AA, and then run the built-in performance benchmark for our result.
Things are a bit better in Warhammer, with AMD a shade behind the standard.
AutoCAD 2010 x64—Cadalyst 2008
We utilize AutoCAD 2010 x64 and the Cadalyst Labs 5 benchmark.
We were expecting a bit of a better standing for AMD’s HD 4290 IGP in the Cadalyst benchmark but it appears Intel’s processor crunching advantage and bus I/O performance keeps things on a near even keel with the i3 540.
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Calin - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - link
I use a TV capture card in a PCI slot, and I don't think I'm the only one. True, my PC is an oldie box (Athlon X2 4600+ AM2, 2300MHz I think).feelingshorter - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - link
One thing about unlocking (some?) AMD CPUs is that the lose their ability to use the auto fan speed feature (cool n quiet). Otherwise, using the stock cooler, your fan wont speed up despite being at 100% load. Not to mention there is only an 80% chance of getting all 4 cores working without corruption (the cores work but its usually the cache that has issues). AMD mobo + cpu is cheaper than Intel's offerings. As soon as you spend 140$ on a mobo AMD lose their value and your entering i7 price territory.Voo - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - link
cool n quiet has as much to do with fan speed as SpeedStep has, which is to say absolutely nothing.alimaamoser - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - link
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jigglywiggly - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - link
I dun like amd cpus btwafkrotch - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - link
I'm with you, so I didn't even bother to read this article on the board's performance. I can say, this is a very nice clean looking motherboard.I think more should strive for this and not start randomly throwing crap in every which way direction.
Taft12 - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - link
Daily Tech forum downrating feature badly needed here :(jonup - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - link
Highly doubt that it will keep him from posting. May admin should ban himJohnMD1022 - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - link
No one cares.Learn grammar.
piroroadkill - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - link
Thanks for that contribution