ASUS M4A89GTD Pro - A Core Unlocking 890GX for $140
by Rajinder Gill on March 10, 2010 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Gaming and 3D performance
Far Cry 2
Featuring fantastic visuals courtesy of the Dunia Engine, this game also features one of the most impressive benchmark tools we have seen in a PC game. For single GPU results we set the performance feature set to Very High, graphics to High, and enable DX10 with 2xAA.
Not a great show here from AMD in comparison to the Intel counterparts, but playable nevertheless.
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II
We are big fans of the Warhammer franchise, especially Dawn of War II. One of the latest RTS games in our library is also one of the more demanding titles on both the CPU and GPU. We crank all options to Ultra, enable AA, and then run the built-in performance benchmark for our result.
Things are a bit better in Warhammer, with AMD a shade behind the standard.
AutoCAD 2010 x64—Cadalyst 2008
We utilize AutoCAD 2010 x64 and the Cadalyst Labs 5 benchmark.
We were expecting a bit of a better standing for AMD’s HD 4290 IGP in the Cadalyst benchmark but it appears Intel’s processor crunching advantage and bus I/O performance keeps things on a near even keel with the i3 540.
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deputc26 - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - link
I am extremely happy that you decided to include a dpc latency screenshot, I am not a true audiophile I just hate stuttering audio, would be great if you could include this on laptops as welll where it is more often an issue.Ben90 - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - link
Are there computers out there that actually have problems streaming real time audio? The results look the same as my $400 laptop purchased around 2003.alm4rr - Sunday, May 9, 2010 - link
Was a memory module compatibility list ever published for this board?Thx
chillmelt - Sunday, July 4, 2010 - link
These benchmarks are unfair. The AMD processor's worth less than a hundred pitted against Intel's cores at much higher value? Even a Phenom II X4 965 costs less than an i5 750 and it's nowhere to be seen on these benchmarks....doylecc - Sunday, July 4, 2010 - link
This is an interesting review, but it seems more like a processor review. This review should have compared the performance of several AMD-compatible MOTHERBOARDs using several popular AMD processors--say 665, 630 and 555--so that we can make informed MB purchasing decisions. We already know about the performance of Intel and AMD processors from their respective reviews. Let's keep motherboard reviews focus on comparing motherboards.oktam - Thursday, July 15, 2010 - link
Does anyone know if it is possible to use IGP on ASUS M4A89GTD board in CrossFire with GPU Radeon 5770 and connect together 5 displays?2 displays connected to IGP, 3 displays to GPU. All via DVI (via reductions).
Thanks!