Impostazioni di prova

Eccoci, qualche mese dopo la prima comparsa, a provare le schede madre X58, che supportano le CPU i7 e sono anche in grado di supportare tanto una configurazione SLI che una CrossFire. I modelli testati: Asus Rampage II Extreme, DFI LANParty UT X58-T3eH8, EVGA X58 3X SLI, Foxconn Blood Rage, Gigabyte GA-EX58-Extreme e MSI Eclipse SLI.

Impostazioni di prova

Configurazione di sistema
CPU	Intel Core i7 920 (2.66 GHz, 8.0 MB Cache)
Dissipatore	Swiftech Apogee GTZ L iquid Cooling
RAM	Kingston KHX16000D3ULT1K3/6GX (6.0 GB), DDR3-2000 at DDR3-1866 CAS 7-8-7-20
Grafica	XFX GeForce GTX 285 XXX Edition, 670 MHz GPU, GDDR3-2500
Hard Drive	Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500 GB, 7,200 RPM, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16 MB cache
Audio	Integrated HD Audio
Rete	Integrated Gigabit Reteing
Alimentatore	Coolermaster RS850-EMBA, 850 W, ATX12V v2.2, EPS12V
Software
SO	Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
Driver Grafici	Nvidia GeForce 181.20 WHQL
Chipset	Intel INF 9.1.0.1007

Benchmark
Giochi 3D
Call of Duty: World at War	Patch 1.1, FRAPS/saved game, High Textures, No anti-aliasing (AA) / No anisotropic filtering (AF), vsync off, Ultra Textures, 4x AA / Max AF, vsync off
Crysis	Patch 1.2.1, DirectX 10, 64-bit executable, benchmark tool, Test Set 1: High Quality, No AA, Test Set 2: Very High Quality, 8x AA
Far Cry 2	DirectX 10, Steam Version, in-game benchmark, Test Set 1: High Quality, No AA, Test Set 2: Ultra High Quality, 8x AA
World in Conflict	Patch 1009, DirectX 10, timedemo, Test 1: High Details, No AA / No AF, Test 2: Very High Details 4x AA / 16x AF
Codifica Audio/Video
iTunes	Version: 7.7.0.43, Audio CD (Terminator II SE), 53 min, Default format AAC
Lame MP3	Version: 3.98 Beta 3 (05-22-2007), Audio CD "Terminator II" SE 53 min, wave a MP3
TMPEG 4.5	Version: 4.5.1.254, Import File: "Terminator 2" SE DVD (5 Minutes), Resolution: 720x576 (PAL) 16:9
DivX 6.8.3	Encoding mode: Insane Quality, Enhanced multi-threading enabled using SSE4, Quarter-pixel search
Xvid 1.1.3	Display encoding status = off
Mainconcept Reference 1.5.1	MPEG2 a MPEG2 (H.264), MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec, 28 sec HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG2), Audio: MPEG2 (44.1 kHz, 2 Channel, 16-Bit, 224 Kb/s), Mode: PAL (25 FPS)
Produttività
Autodesk 3ds Max 9	Version: 9.0, Rendering Dragon Image at 1920x1080 (HDTV)
Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 8	Version: 8.0.134, Virus base: 270.4.5/1533, Benchmark: Scan 334 MB Folder of ZIP/RAR compressed files
Winrar 3.80	Version 3.70 BETA 8, WinZIP Commandline Version 2.3, Compression = Best, Dictionary = 4,096 KB, Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB)
WinZIP 11	Version 11.2, Compression = Best, Benchmark: THG-Workload (139 MB)
Sintetici
3DMark Vantage	Version: 1.02, GPU and CPU scores
PCMark Vantage	Version: 1.00, System, Memory, Hard Disk Drive benchmarks, Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646
SiSoftware Sandra XII SP2	Version 2008.5.14.24, CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / Multimedia, Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark