ASUS P5W DH Deluxe Motherboard and Gigabyte GA P965 DS3 Motherboard Comparison

[K.I.T.T.]

There's been a debate over which board is faster clock/clock. Most say the ASUS is faster, wheras others firmly believe nothing seperates the 2.

I've taken the liberty to run a series of tests on both boards and publish the results for the benefit of the general public.

These are the tests I decided to run:

3D Mark 06 (Default settings)

3D Mark 2001 SE (Default settings)

Aquamark 3 (Default settings)

Super Pi 32M (Realtime priority)

F.E.A.R. Multiplayer Demo version 1.02 (Computer - High ; Graphics - custom : 1152 x 864, Everything on maximum, no soft shadows, 4 x AA, 16 x AF)

All tests were run at 2 settings on both boards:

a) stock - 266 x 7 (1866 MHz), DDR2 667, 3-3-3-10

b) overclocked - 400 x 7 (2800 MHz), DDR2 800, 4-4-4-10

Hardware used was:

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe and Gigabyte GA-P965-DS3 motherboards

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 ES (Allendale 2 MB L2 Cache)
2 x 1 GB Team Xtreem PC2 5300 RAM 3-4-4-8
256MB Connect 3D X1800XT
Maxtor DiamondMax10 80 GB HDD
NEC ND 3500 AG DVD-RW drive
Antec Truepower 2.0 550W EPS 12v PSU

Stock Cooling was used throughout.

OS: Clean Install of XP Pro SP2 was used with each board
Graphics Drivers: ATi Catalyst 6.6 official

The X1800XT was run at stock speeds for each test.

Results:

Stock Speeds

3DM2001 SE

ASUS


Gigabyte


3DM06

ASUS


Gigabyte


Aquamark 3

ASUS


Gigabyte


Super Pi 32M

ASUS


Gigabyte


F.E.A.R.

ASUS


Gigabyte

[K.I.T.T.]

Overclocked


3DM2001 SE

ASUS


Gigabyte


3DM06

ASUS


Gigabyte


Aquamark 3

ASUS


Gigabyte


Super Pi 32M

ASUS


Gigabyte


F.E.A.R.

ASUS


Gigabyte





This took me quite some time to do, and I hope it is of use to you.

Cheers,
Ash

PS: a big thanks to Dan for sending the board out to me.

I'll run more tests to find out the maximum Oc acheivable and will let you know

[finlay666uk]

Well that is me going for that then instead of the DQ6!!!!!!

K.I.T.T. FTW! lol

there arent ny huge differences, so I would go with what features you like on the board

[K.I.T.T.]

Originally Posted by BiG K

there arent ny huge differences, so I would go with what features you like on the board

Erm...the gigabyte overclocks better...

is 9 FPS faster in fear, and you say no difference?

:p

[finlay666uk]

Originally Posted by BiG K

there arent ny huge differences, so I would go with what features you like on the board

If that was towards me I have a simple reason I am not getting the DQ6.....I wouldnt be able to fit my waterblock on it! Kindof essential I reckon as I am goign to be overclocking the nuts off an 805D with it lol

And the gigabyte is a Conroe ready chipset, not all the Asus ones have the BIOS revision enabling conroe, meaning you may have to buy a celly or similar to get the BIOS flashed

[K.I.T.T.]

Not to mention the ASUS is £70 dearer than the gigabyte....

[DanDaMan]

why is the Gigabyte GA-P965-DS3 motherboard slower in the Super PI tests?

[K.I.T.T.]

Originally Posted by DanDaMan

why is the Gigabyte GA-P965-DS3 motherboard slower in the Super PI tests?

Loose NB latencies if you ask me...

At FSBs lower than 400 MHz, It seems the latencies are fairly tight, maybe slightly tighter than those on the P5W DH Deluxe, which explains it beating the ASUS in Pi at stock.

However, sometimes, in order to acheive a higher FSB, the NB will loosen its timings to compensate. This may explain why the ASUS is faster in Pi at 400 x 7. Also, that may explain why the ASUS refuses to go over 400 MHz on the FSB - because the NB tmiings are too tight.

The Gigabyte however beats the ASUS in EVERY other benchmark. The F.E.A.R. run was quite impressive

[Pingouinche]

Hello,
Are the DS4 and DQ6 better than DS3 in all these benchs?