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ECS X58B-A Black Edition Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS)
Product: ECS X58B-A Motherboard
Date: Wed, Dec 31, 2008 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Chris Morrell -
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Image Tests

Cinebench and POV-Ray are two applications that render images in very different ways. POV-Ray is a ray tracing program that has the ability to render photo realistic images. Ray tracing is one of the many routes that may be pursued for future graphic cards but at this point processors aren't fast enough to render scenes in real-time. Cinebench on the other hand uses a more standard animation suite called CINEMA 4D from MAXON and provides a "real-world" example of number crunching while providing an easy way to differentiate between different hardware configurations.

ECS X58B-A Review

ECS X58B-A Review

 

Once again the Core i7 rig pulls ahead due to it's doubled amount of available threads. Even though there is a 77% raw performance advantage for the X58 system, there was only a 46% performance increase in POV-Ray. No matter though, once again a solid win.

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Review Index
Page 1 - The ECS X58B-A Motherboard
Page 2 - ECS X58B-A Box and Board
Page 3 - ECS X58B-A BIOS Images
Page 4 - Test Setup
Page 5 - Mathmatic Tests
Page 6 - Image Tests
Page 7 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 8 - Throughput Tests
Page 9 - Overclocking
Page 10 - Conclusion