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MSI P55-GD85 LGA 1156 Intel Motherboard Review
| Manufacturer: | Micro-Star International |
| Product: | MSI P55-GD85 (MS-7585) |
| Date: | Tue, Feb 23, 2010 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Chris Morrell - |
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Test Configuration
To spice things up for this review I decided to overclock the MSI P55-GD85 for the performance benchmarks. Since The highest memory multiplier was DDR3-1600 and I had DDR3-2000C7 sticks I opted for 21x166 which yielded 3.5GHz and DDR3-2000C7. Since my EVGA P55 FTW was on loan to a friend I opted for the Gigabyte P55A-UD6 as a comparison. I set both boards to 21x166, selected the XMP profile on the Corsair Dominator GT 2000C7 sticks, set the vcore to 1.35v, vtt to 1.30v, vdimm to 1.65v, and set the fan to 100% in BIOS. Windows 7 Professional x64 with ATI's 10.1 drivers with default visual quality settings were used along with the latest versions of the selected benchmarks.
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Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
Intel Core i7 860 |
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Motherboard |
MSI P55-GD85
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Memory |
Corsair Dominator GT DDR3-2000 C7 2x2GB
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Video Card |
Asus Matrix HD 4890 |
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Hard Drive |
Seagate 7200.10 320GB |
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Case |
Dimastech Bench Table Hard V2 |
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Cooling |
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus |
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Power Supply |
Corsair HX1000 |
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate |
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Next Page - Test Results
| Review Index |
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Page 1 - MSI's P55 Lineup
Page 2 - P55 GD-85 Board Images Page 3 - P55 GD-85 Box and BIOS Images Page 4 - Test Configuration Page 5 - Test Results Page 6 - Overclocking Results Page 7 - OC Genie and MSI Control Center Page 8 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion |
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