MSI Z68A GD65 G3 Review
3D Mark
Published: 28th September 2011 | Source: MSI | Price: £142.79 |
3D Mark Vantage
Even thought PCI Gen 3 GPUs are still on the horizon rather than an actuality, the extra bandwidth might be useful to current cards. MSI have made big claims about their Gen3 Switches, so let's see if they do anything. Vantage at least remains nip and tuck between the two Gen3 motherboards.
3D Mark 11
Wow. Now here is a turn up for the books. 1000 point increase in P score and 240 X points is nothing to be sniffed at. Especially when the only variable between the systems is the motherboard itself. It's results like this that demonstrate why we're so committed to only changing the single piece of hardware that is being tested between runs.
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Good to see the Gen3's are starting to come out now. The GD65-G3 seems a pretty decent board and just shows how overpriced the Sniper 2 is.
The GD65-G3 might not look as good but it doesn't look bad and performance wise, at half the price, it's not far off the Sniper 2 either nothing worth spending another £150 for anyway.
Also, I have probs with my Steelseries Xai in the BIOS of my P8P67 I have to use the keyboard, I think UEFI doesn't like some gaming mice
The GD65-G3 might not look as good but it doesn't look bad and performance wise, at half the price, it's not far off the Sniper 2 either nothing worth spending another £150 for anyway.
Also, I have probs with my Steelseries Xai in the BIOS of my P8P67 I have to use the keyboard, I think UEFI doesn't like some gaming mice
Would be nice could test some of the Asrock gen3's ?
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Would be nice could test some of the Asrock gen3's ? |
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Originally Posted by VonBlade
Last I heard they were planning to send us one, so watch this space. |
Interesting, i've been trying to shortlist some Gen 3 motherboards for my upgrade so it's nice to see some performance results.
Shame the overclock wasn't too great but overall performance for the price seems reasonable.
Shame the overclock wasn't too great but overall performance for the price seems reasonable.
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Originally Posted by Murdolator
Interesting, i've been trying to shortlist some Gen 3 motherboards for my upgrade so it's nice to see some performance results. Shame the overclock wasn't too great but overall performance for the price seems reasonable. |
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Thought the performance for the price is fair the looks are little dull. |
The asrock board probably has it beat looks wise, be interesting to see how they compare performance wise, since i don't think there is too much difference in price right now between this and the extreme 4 gen 3 board.
And i think Asus have possibly just thrown some Gen 3 boards into the mix too.
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Originally Posted by Murdolator
True, it's certainly not the nicest looking board. But worth considering for a windowless build perhaps. The asrock board probably has it beat looks wise, be interesting to see how they compare performance wise, since i don't think there is too much difference in price right now between this and the extreme 4 gen 3 board. And i think Asus have possibly just thrown some Gen 3 boards into the mix too. |
This board runs my 2600k @4.5ghz 1.29v its my first MSI and so far i like it bios needs a bit of work they are updating it every week or so now so it will get there in the end
Planning a look at the new ASUS P8Z68-V Pro (etc.,) GEN3 MB's? Would be interested to know your findings as I have an eye on one of these.
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