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 The Batman Arkham Asylum results saw just 9fps separating the fastest motherboard from the slowest at 1024x768 while the 1920x1200 performance was identical. The Asrock P55 motherboards were impressive here delivering our best results.
 The Left 4 Dead results provided us with our most varied results and even at 1920x1200 there was a 3% margin separating the fastest P55 motherboard from the slowest. Not that anyone will notice a 3% performance margin when the average frame rates at 1920x1200 were well over 100fps. The bottom line, don't choose your motherboard based on what games you play or the (nonexistent) performance advantage you will get with either. Any model in our round-up will serve your needs just well. Instead the PCIe slot configuration and intended graphics setup play the more important role here. |
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Posted on: 03/03/2010 06:00 PM
I'm super excited for this board, any idea on the release date? to purchase at Newegg. |
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ProX |
Posted on: 03/03/2010 08:48 PM
Nice review and nice board. I would also like to know when these will become available? |
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Alice |
Posted on: 03/09/2010 01:44 AM
Really nice board!! Very good looking~~ Thanks for yor nice review I'll consider this board for my P55 platform. |
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Kosti |
Posted on: 04/07/2010 09:46 AM
My simple question is should one buy one of these or look at a cheaper solution like the ASUS P7P55D-E PRO ? |
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ts |
Posted on: 04/11/2010 03:02 PM
Nice review thank you - i like Asrock products. My dumb question here: Wich cpu cooler used this on board? |
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ProX |
Posted on: 04/11/2010 10:57 PM
@ ts - the heatsink in the photos is the Noctua NH-U12P. |
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Calle2003 Posts: 15 Joined: 2010-04-27 |
Posted on: 05/02/2010 08:52 AM
USB 3.0 and SATA6 and full PCI-e 16x 2.0 rocks on Asrock but I'm really into energy savings as well (mostly because I pay my own bills). According to this review: http://techgage.com/article/evga_p55_ftw/11 EVGA P55 FTW consumes less power than most (MSI not included). Who's review shall I trust? PS My system (Gigabyte P55 UD3, Core i7 860@3.8 GHz, 8800 GTS 512@738/1836/1000 MHz, 3 hard disks) consumes about 150 W idle but I only use a cheap (about 14 US dollars) energy measuring device. What kind of equipment did you use?  |
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Steve Posts: 76 Joined: 2010-02-08 |
Posted on: 05/02/2010 11:45 PM
We don’t use anything special. Just a meter that reads from the wall though ours cost considerably more than $14 US but that does not meant it is any better. As long as you are using the same meter to compare all boards then it doesn’t really matter, you are performing an apples to apples comparison. Also comparing review is useless for a number of reasons. It is also worth mentioning that BIOS revisions can play a huge role here, not so much for the stress results but certainly for the idle results. |
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Calle2003 Posts: 15 Joined: 2010-04-27 |
Posted on: 05/19/2010 09:20 AM
Posted by Steve on 05/03/2010 12:45 AM
The EVGA P55 FTW has considerably lower Power Consumption according to the review at techgage. It almost made me buy it for that reason (but I didn't since it's considerably more expensive and it lacks a Floppy connector, not used floppy for years, it's more for nostalgic reasons). When I see another review that states the opposite it confuses me. I did however notice one indisputable error, it should be (Lower is better), not (Higher is better) on the Power Consumption comparison. PS Don't see this as criticism, only a neutral point of view. I still think LH is one of the best HW sites out there. |