Intel Motherboards: Can a Diamond beat a Royal Flush?
by Gary Key on September 23, 2005 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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Audio Performance
We limited audio testing to the Rightmark 3D Sound version 2 CPU utilization test. This benchmark measures the overhead or CPU utilization required by a codec or hardware audio chip.
The Gigabyte's Realtek ALC 882M fully supports Intel's Azalia High Definition Audio standard and boasts impressive specifications for a host-based audio solution. Unfortunately, the Realtek ALC 882M does not fare as well against the Creative Sound Blaster Live! solution in the benchmarks. However, both MSI and Gigabyte deserve praise for offering solutions that a large majority of owners will find acceptable as an audio solution.
We will expand our audio testing in the future to include additional Rightmark 3D Sound results, RMAA 5.5 measurements to further clarify the quality of audio signals being generated, and a review of the software applications that ship with these on-board solutions.
We limited audio testing to the Rightmark 3D Sound version 2 CPU utilization test. This benchmark measures the overhead or CPU utilization required by a codec or hardware audio chip.
The Gigabyte's Realtek ALC 882M fully supports Intel's Azalia High Definition Audio standard and boasts impressive specifications for a host-based audio solution. Unfortunately, the Realtek ALC 882M does not fare as well against the Creative Sound Blaster Live! solution in the benchmarks. However, both MSI and Gigabyte deserve praise for offering solutions that a large majority of owners will find acceptable as an audio solution.
We will expand our audio testing in the future to include additional Rightmark 3D Sound results, RMAA 5.5 measurements to further clarify the quality of audio signals being generated, and a review of the software applications that ship with these on-board solutions.
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smn198 - Friday, September 23, 2005 - link
Welcome Gary. Look forward to seeing more from you.Gary Key - Friday, September 23, 2005 - link
smn198,Thank you. I really enjoyed doing this article, working with Wes, and having the opportunity to share my experiences with the great members and visitors here at AnandTech. I certainly hope you will be seeing more from me. ;-)
Sincerely,
Gary Key
Evan Lieb - Friday, September 23, 2005 - link
Welcome Gary, and have fun!Ecmaster76 - Friday, September 23, 2005 - link
Looks like it went up early.Good read though. At first I was like "Holy $#!+" when I saw the gaming benchmarks, but then they mentioned about the Gigabyte BIOS being effed up.
cryptonomicon - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - link
DRAM Voltage Auto, 1.80V to 2.3V in 0.1V incrementsuh.. but isnt ram like 2.5-2.8v?
Pete84 - Friday, September 23, 2005 - link
DDR2 runs at much lower vdimm than DDR.cryptonomicon - Friday, September 23, 2005 - link
ah yes of course..so much for active cooling then
BlvdKing - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - link
I can't believe the Nforce 4 for AMD supports dual core but the Intel edition only has limited support and no support for the 820.coomar - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - link
no a diamond can't beat a royal flush