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MSI A75MA-G55 AMD Socket FM1 Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: Micro-Star International
Product: MSI A75MA-G55
Date: Tue, Jul 26, 2011 - 08:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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MSI A75MA-G55 IGP Directx 9 Performance

MSI A75MA-G55 DirectX 9 Integrated Graphics Performance in Total War Shogun 2

The DirectX 9 performance of the MSI A75MA-G55 fell a bit short of the ASUS F1A75-M Pro. At 1280x1024 our MSI APU system pulled an average of 52.63 frames per second, this is 6.7% behind the ASUS system and 128% faster than the Intel Sandy Bridge system. Cranking up the resolution to 1920x1080 the MSI A75MA-G55 was able to average 35.5 frames per second. There is still a 7% difference between the APU systems, though it is still playable with the image quality turned down.

MSI A75MA-G55 DirectX 9 Integrated Graphics Performance in Batman Arkham Asylum

In Batman Arkham Asylum the MSI A75MA-G55 was able to have very playable framerates with the image quality settings cranked all the way up! At 1280x1024 both of our APU systems were able to average 51 frames per second while our Sandy Bridge system was barely playable at 29 frames per second. Raising the resolution to 1920x1080 the MSI A75MA-G55 was able to pull slightly ahead of the ASUS F1A75-M Pro. The MSI A75MA-G55 was able to average 33.7 frames per second while the ASUS F1A75-M Pro averaged 32 frames per second. The Sandy Bridge system wasn't able to keep up with only 19 frames per second.

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Review Index
Page 1 - MSI A75MA-G55 Motherboard Review
Page 2 - Retail Packaging
Page 3 - Motherboard Layout
Page 4 - MSI A75MA-G55 Click BIOS
Page 5 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 6 - SiSoftware Sandra 2011 SP3 Memory Bandwidth
Page 7 - MSI A75MA-G55 IGP Directx 9 Performance
Page 8 - MSI A75MA-G55 IGP DirectX 11 Performance
Page 9 - MSI A75MA-G55 Dedicated Card performance
Page 10 - Futuremark 3DMark11 Synthetic Gaming Benchmark with Discrete Graphics
Page 11 - Futuremark 3DMark Vantage Synthetic Benchmark
Page 12 - Rightmark Audio Analyzer
Page 13 - SATA III 6Gbps Performance Testing
Page 14 - SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance Testing
Page 15 - MSI A75MA-G55 System Power Consumption
Page 16 - Overclocking the MSI A75MA-G55 APU Motherboard
Page 17 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion