P55 Motherboard Round-up: Asus, EVGA, GB, Intel, MSI
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With a difference of only a couple hundred 3DMarks separating first and last place, our 3DMark Vantage testing proved a fierce battle. Two Gigabyte boards landed in the top three of our 3DMark Vantage testing. The UD6 and MSI's GD65 finished with the top two overall 3DMark Vantage scores, followed closely by the UD4P motherboard. Interestingly enough, Intel's DP55WG landed the highest CPU score of the group at 42693.
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3DMark06
is a hard-core, forward-looking 3D rending benchmark that pushes a
system and its GPUs to the limits. The test includes Shader Model 2.0,
Shader Model 3.0, and HDR tests. To push the system, scenes are
rendered with very high geometric detail and shader complexity, and
with extensive use of lighting and soft shadows. The maximum shader
length 3DMark06 supports is 512 instructions. The 3DMark06 Overall
Score is a weighted average based on the SM 2.0 and HDR / SM3.0, and
CPU scores. 3DMark06 testing reveals a usual suspect occupying the top. Once more, Gigabyte's UD6 motherboard finishes first with scores of 17252 overall and 4456 for the CPU. The Classified 200 from EVGA performed well enough to land in second, while Gigabyte's micro-ATX P55M UD4 accomplished third place. 
