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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Rajinder Gill - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - link
Hi,Yes, you can do that if you can get the right screws and washers to fit the H50 from somewhere. Or use a washer/nut combo as the poster below said. Just be sure not to overtighten.
Later
Raja
tlmaclennan - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - link
Why not just figure out the thread and length of the mounting screws and get slightly longer ones from a hardware store or McMaster-Carr. Then grab four spacers for that screw size so that you can raise the bookplate over any components that you need to clear. Or just do away with the back-plate and use small nuts.shamans33 - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - link
Just to verify...You can't run IGP and discrete graphics at the same time on the H55 chipset (and therefore on this board).....Correct?shamans33 - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - link
The motherboard manual has a reference to running both at the same time, they describe it as "dual view" but I just want to double check...Rajinder Gill - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - link
Hi,Yes, I have tried this with a GTX 275 and a Clarkdale i5-655K. There is an option in BIOS to force the IGP on. Windows 7 will see both devices and you can extend displays.
Hope this helps.
-Raja
shamans33 - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - link
Thank you for checking. :)Anandtech should have a checklist table of non-standard features on every motherboard review.
Rajinder Gill - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - link
Thanks for the suggestion. I do try and keep on top of these things but sometimes things do slip by when you're trying to cover everything you can.-Raja
shamans33 - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - link
Do you know of any upcoming AMD ITX motherboards?HTPCJim - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - link
When I think Mini-ITX, I think HTPC. Sadly, I still havent seen a mini ITX MB with built in wireless and a PCIe slot for an OTA tv tuner which are the missing ingredients for an HTPC.shamans33 - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - link
There's motherboards made by zotac that do that....For maximum compatibility, you should go with Zotac 9300 motherboards though. It's a very mature motherboard