Gigabyte H55N-USB3 : Mini-ITX done the Gigabyte way...
by Rajinder Gill on June 15, 2010 7:49 AM EST- Posted in
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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.
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.
Nothing special to report on the frame rate front, these boards all perform to similar levels at a given clock frequency.
AutoCAD 2010 x64—Cadalyst 2008
We utilize AutoCAD 2010 x64 and the Cadalyst Labs 5 benchmark.
ECS holds an advantage in this benchmark over every other motherboard we've reviewed. We're still not sure on the cause, although we suspect it's related to C-States.
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don^don - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
i hav ta agree there mate. i came in here this morning, click on the link, and was expecting some 1080p benchmark for this board using Intel's HD graphic with some i3, but cant find any. hope anand will include em in the next ITX board review. it'l come in handy.Shadowmaster625 - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
And why would you want to spend $110+ for a motherboard and $125+ for a case? To look cool or something? Sheesh... It's a box with wires coming out of it. It is no different than one that costs $19.dia - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
A mini-ITX oriented case that can hold a decent size PSU and a full length graphics cards with space for a number of internal drives for $19? Link me to it please, I want one!DaveSimmons - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
Size, noise, heat. Some of us are willing to pay extra to fit a PC into 1/4 the space of a cheap minitower while still running cool and quiet.The Silverstone will fit a large full-height video card and 3.5" HD while using a large (= less noisy) fan for cooling.
Taft12 - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - link
The Lian Li Q07 is half the price of the Q08 and looks almost the same to me... That's the way I would go:http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82...
Servando Silva - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
I´d wouldn't choose the DFI mobo because it's P55 based. For a Mini-ITX in HTPC, you won't be able to use Intel HD graphics with Clarkdale.Otherwise, this is a a good choise and GB might be able to fix the BIOS problems within their next updates, while DFI has a lack of BIOS Support (sadly).
ajp_anton - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
When talking about USB3 for other vendor's MBs, you say that you could use a PCIe card for them. Are you sure it will work? Intel's built-into-CPU PCIe controller is only guaranteed to work with graphics cards.Rajinder Gill - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
Provided the BIOS is geared for it there should not be a problem.ajp_anton - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
I had about 10 mails about this with Gigabyte concerning another motherboard + a PCIe TV tuner until they finally contacted Intel, only to find out that no BIOS update could fix it as the problem is in Intel's PCIe controller.Rajinder Gill - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - link
First point of call for me was ASUS (as they are available at this time of day) and I was told that it can work if the BIOS supports it. Unfortunately, I don't have any PCIe USB cards on hand right now to test it. If I hear anything different, I'll report back.Regards
Raja