Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 Intel P45 Express Motherboard Review In addition to the P45 chipset's inherent PCI Express 2.0 and dual videocard Crossfire support, Gigabyte's EP45-DQ6 motherboard boasts no less than four gigabit network ports, ten SATA channels, three IEEE1394 Firewire and twelve USB2.0 ports!  83% Rating:    Table of Contents Filed under: Motherboards Published:  Author:  External Mfg. Website: Gigabyte Jan 13 2009   Max Page   Home > Reviews > Motherboards > Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6

3DMark06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0 graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next generation gaming performance today.

Futuremark 3DMark Vantage 1.0.1 Performance Overall: (P) Points Ranking Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 3848 Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 (P45 333/1066) 3830 ECS P45T-A (P45 333/800) 3843 Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 3841 CPU score: Points Ranking Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 4803 Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 (P45 333/1066) 4830 ECS P45T-A (P45 333/800) 4787 Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 4800

3DMark Vantage isn't showing much difference between the chipset platforms yet. Let us know if you think we should keep 3DMark Vantage for motherboard reviews?

Futuremark 3DMark06 1.0.2	Source: FutureMark

3DMark06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0 graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next generation gaming performance today.

Futuremark 3DMark06 1.0.2 Overall: Points Ranking Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 9612 Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB SLI) 11408 Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 9838 MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 9566 MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB SLI) 11375 Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 384 Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 9365 MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 9775 Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 (P45 333/1066) 9744 ECS P45T-A (P45 333/800) 9805 Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 9786 Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 9360 Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 9415 Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 9355 Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 9409 Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 9385 Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 9230 MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2) 9753 MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 9751 CPU: Points Ranking Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 2377 Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB SLI) 2361 Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 2396 MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 2345 MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB SLI) 2354 Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 2352 Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 2341 MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 2367 Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 (P45 333/1066) 2363 ECS P45T-A (P45 333/800) 2389 Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 2378 Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 2373 Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 2413 Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 2386 Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 2399 Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 2384 Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 2344 MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2) 2378 MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 2380

3DMark06 shows less than a percentage point of difference between the various motherboards. In fact, all motherboards handle about the same regardless of chipset.

Sierra FEAR 1.08	Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

Sierra FEAR 1.08 Minimum 640x480: Points Ranking Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 568 Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB SLI) 561 Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 565 MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 545 MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB SLI) 535 Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 145 Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 558 MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 567 Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 (P45 333/1066) 567 ECS P45T-A (P45 333/800) 559 Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 553 Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 563 Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 575 Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 562 Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 554 Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 572 Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 551 MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2) 545 MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 554 Maximum 1024x768: Points Ranking Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 137 Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB SLI) 206 Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 137 MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 134 MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB SLI) 201 Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 3 Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 122 MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 134 Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 (P45 333/1066) 134 ECS P45T-A (P45 333/800) 137 Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066) 134 Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 124 Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 130 Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 123 Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 124 Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 125 Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 126 MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2) 135 MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 134

The Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 stays on par with Asus' P5NT Deluxe and MSI's own P35 Platinum Combo in the FEAR benchmark when running a single Geforce 8800GTS video card.

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