Abit AB9 Pro: A sneak peek at Intel's new P965 chipset
by Gary Key on July 3, 2006 3:45 AM EST- Posted in
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Gaming Performance
The overall gaming performance of all three platforms with the Pentium D 805 is actually decent considering the processor speed, memory bandwidth, and heavy reliance upon the video card to generate these scores. As in the synthetic tests, the higher memory settings on the Abit board have a detrimental effect on our gaming scores. The Abit and Asus boards at the same memory settings are basically equal in these benchmarks which shows that memory performance can make a difference (however slight) in your gaming experience.
The overall gaming performance of all three platforms with the Pentium D 805 is actually decent considering the processor speed, memory bandwidth, and heavy reliance upon the video card to generate these scores. As in the synthetic tests, the higher memory settings on the Abit board have a detrimental effect on our gaming scores. The Abit and Asus boards at the same memory settings are basically equal in these benchmarks which shows that memory performance can make a difference (however slight) in your gaming experience.
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Anemone - Monday, July 3, 2006 - link
Yes this is quite interesting, thank you very much Anand and Gary!Things are heating up and getting very interesting. As the windup to Conroe gets underway a lot of folks are out buying mobo's now. I want to see more testing first, not really being yet committed more to the 975 or the 590. Have to be honest and say the 590 is proving to be more than I thought it was, but that's a good thing.
Thus I'm taking all this information in, and am grateful for your previews!
Calin - Monday, July 3, 2006 - link
If the supply of Conroe processors will be much lower than the demand, one can expect the mainboard prices to decrease - if the supply of mainboards will be much higher than the supply of retail Conroe processors. So, buying mainboards in advance might prove a not so good idea.mine - Monday, July 3, 2006 - link
most interesting reading of the last 4 weeksthis 965 vs. 975
thanks anand