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ASRock 775Dual-VSTA Motherboard Review
| Manufacturer: | ASRock |
| Product: | ASRock 775Dual-VSTA |
| Date: | Thu, Aug 31, 2006 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Brian Wallace - |
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Test Systems
Intel Test System:
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Component |
Brand/Model |
Live Pricing | |||
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Processor |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 |
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Motherboard |
Intel D975XBX v304 |
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Video Card |
XFX 7900GTX XXX |
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Memory |
2GB SuperTalent DRR2-800 |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital Raptor 74GB |
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Cooling |
Thermaltake Big Typhoon |
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Power Supply |
OCZ PowerStream 600W |
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Operating System |
Windows XP Professional |
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ASRock Test System:
| ASRock DDR2 Test Platform | |||||
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Component |
Brand/Model |
Live Pricing | |||
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Processor |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 |
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Motherboard |
Asrock 775Dual-VSTA |
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Video Card |
XFX 7900GTX XXX |
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Memory |
2GB SuperTalent DRR2-800 |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital Raptor 74GB |
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Cooling |
Thermaltake Big Typhoon |
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Power Supply |
OCZ PowerStream 600W |
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Operating System |
Windows XP Professional |
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ASRock Test System:
| ASRock DDR1 Test Platform | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Component |
Brand/Model |
Live Pricing | |||
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Processor |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 |
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Motherboard |
Asrock 775Dual-VSTA |
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Video Card |
XFX 7900GTX XXX |
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Memory |
2GB Crucial PC-4000 |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital Raptor 74GB |
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Cooling |
Thermaltake Big Typhoon |
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Power Supply |
OCZ PowerStream 600W |
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Operating System |
Windows XP Professional |
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Since there are several different RAM dividers on the ASRock board we decided to test DDR1-400MHz, DDR2-533, and DDR2-667. For DDR 400MHz we used timings of 3-3-3-8 which the motherboard automatically set for our Ballistix memory. For DDR2 testing we used 4-4-4-12 as this is a specification that most DDR-533 and DDR-667 kits can handle.
Our use of a 7900GTX may seem strange at first but will show exactly what performance differences there are between the 4x PCI-E slot of the ASRock board and the 16x of the Intel Bad Axe. I believe this gives you the reader a better indication of future performance, rather than using a lower end video card that may not be able to take advantage of the full speed PCI-E slot.
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| Review Index |
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Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - 775Dual-VSTA Page 3 - BIOS Options Page 4 - Layout Page 5 - Test Systems Page 6 - Sisoft; Sandra 2007 Page 7 - SuperPi 1.5 Page 8 - WinRAR Page 9 - Cinebench Page 10 - 3DMark06 Page 11 - Quake 4 Page 12 - X³ Reunion Page 13 - F.E.A.R. Page 14 - Overclocking & Conclusion |
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