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ASUS P5W DH Deluxe vs Gigabyte GA 965P DS3 Conroe Motherboard Shootout

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Testbed and methodology

First of all here's a list of tests we 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)

Each test was run on a clean install of Windows XP Professional SP2. In order to make the tests as meaningful as possible, a few background applications including AVG antivirus and Sygate Personal Firewall. We felt that this would give a more accurate interpretation of what to expect in day to day usage.

All tests were run at default settings bar 2 - Super Pi was run with priority set at "realtime" through the task manager. Even the smallest background apps can cause a sizable difference in calculation times.

F.E.A.R. was run at 1152 x 864, with all settings at maximum. Soft shadows were disabled and 4 x AA and 16 x AF was enabled. By running the test in this manner, we would ensure that the CPU was not the bottleneck. This would enable us to show you what differences to expect in day to day gaming at typical resolutions.

Each test was run at 2 different speeds:

Stock - 266 x 7 (1862 MHz), DDR2 667, 3-3-3-10
Overclocked - 400 x 7 (2800 MHz), DDR2 800, 4-4-4-10

Hardware consisted of the following:

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 on both the CPU and the graphics card. The graphics card was run at stock speeds for each test, and the drivers used were ATi official catalyst 6.6

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