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ASUS Crosshair III Formula Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: Asus Crosshair III Formula
Date: Wed, Aug 26, 2009 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Chris Morrell -
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Test Setup

Asus Crosshair III Formula System Image

For today's test I used my AMD AM3 test bed sitting on a Dimastech Bench Table. I've also swapped over from an HD 4870x2 to an HD 4890 as I prepare for the imminent HD58xx launch, so keep that in mind when viewing the results. Windows Vista Ultimate x64 with Service Pack 1 was used in testing along with the latest revisions of our testing applications. The CPU was run at 3.2GHz to simulate a Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition while the northbridge was run at 2GHz with 1.2v and the memory was run at DDR3-1600 7-7-7-21-32 with 1.65v.

AMD Test Platform

Component

Brand/Model

Live Pricing

Processor

AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR

Motherboard

ASUS Crosshair III Formula

Memory

Corsair 2x2GB DDR3-1866C7 Dominator GT

Video Card

ASUS Radeon HD 4890

Hard Drive

Seagate 7200.10 320GB

Cooling

Gelid Silent Spirit

Case

Dimastech Bench Table Hard V2

Power Supply

Corsair HX1000

Operating System

Windows Vista Ultimate


Next Page - Test Results


Review Index
Page 1 - The ASUS Crosshair III Formula
Page 2 - Board Images
Page 3 - BIOS Configuration
Page 4 - Test Setup
Page 5 - Test Results
Page 6 - Overclocking Results
Page 7 - Asus AI Suite
Page 8 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions