Intel P965 Showdown - Abit vs. GIGABYTE
For our first gaming test, we benchmarked both of the test systems using a custom single-player Quake 4 timedemo. Here, we installed the v1.2 patch which is SMP capable, dropped the resolution down to 640 x 480, and configured the game to run at its "Low-Quality" graphics setting. Although Quake 4 typically taxes today's high-end GPUs, when it's configured at these minimal settings it too is more CPU and memory-bound than anything else.
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More of the same, as the DQ6 once again gets edged out by the AB9 Pro. The GeForce 7900 GT used in both of our test systems manages a healthy frames rate of just over 167 frames per second. Then, to see how the two boards would fare in a typical high-end gaming scenario, we also tested it with Quake 4 at high-resolution settings that tax the graphics sub-system of each of our test machines.
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While the 50ish frames per second the single GeForce 7900 GT was able to push isn't as impressive as the near 100FPS that a multi-GPU setup would be able to do, it's still very playable. In our last test, the AB9 Pro continues to best the DQ6, not letting up for a single benchmark.
