Gigabyte EP45-DS3P (P45) DDR2 Motherboard
Synthetic 3D & Rendering Results
Published: 12th August 2008 | Source: Gigabyte | Price: £80.00 |
Cinebench 10 is a benchmarking tool based on the powerful 3D software Cinema 4D. The suite uses complex renders to guage the performance of the entire PC system in both single-core and multi-core modes. Testing was performed a total of 5 times with the highest and lowest results being omitted and an average created from the remaining 3 results.
3DMark is a popular synthetic gaming benchmark used by many gamers and overclockers to gauge the performance of their PC's. All 3DMark runs were performed a total of 5 times with the highest and lowest results being removed and an average calculated from the remaining 3 results. Also included are the CrossfireX results to give an indication of how 8x PCIe lanes perform.
Result Observations
Mirroring the CPU benchmarks, Cinebench showed a chink in the Gigabyte's armour. Despite all the boards being run at the same clock speed, the EP45-DS3P fell short of the pack. The Gigabyte was also the lowest out of the bunch, albeit to a lesser extent, in the 3D Mark tests - most likely a result of its ability to utilise the clockspeed of the Q6600.
Most Recent Comments
Hmmm - looks like a fine review
Slightly raindowish. But pretty nice for the price tbh.
See now that's an enthusiast mmotherboard. Cheap and clocks nice with decent performance. Like it 
What BIOS was it flashed too? I have the same motherboard and with an E8500 at 4085MHz but I'm have some troubles. I keep getting BSOD and I looked up the BBCode and they are all memory related. I did some research and apparently the motherboard is picky with the RAM it is used with.
I flashed from the default BIOS to F7 and still getting the same problems
I flashed from the default BIOS to F7 and still getting the same problems
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Read the EP45-DS3P review to find out.