MSI dominates 3DMark 11 Performance

[EarthDog]

New day doesnt make lanes out of thin air though. If it manages to bypass that pex chip, it will be 8x/8x.

Do u have any documentation on it now bypassing that chip and going 16x/16x?

Edit: it bypasses it for SINGLE CARD OPERATION. We are talking Sli/crossfire I thought? This is frikin confusing....

 

[drdeathx]

New day doesnt make lanes out of thin air though. If it manages to bypass that pex chip, it will be 8x/8x.

Do u have any documentation on it now bypassing that chip and going 16x/16x?

Edit: it bypasses it for SINGLE CARD OPERATION. We are talking Sli/crossfire I thought? This is frikin confusing....

Ok earth, I ran both boards. you are correct. The Gigabyte runs in 8x(Screen shots)..............

I am glad I did this. Yes it does run in 8x. Anyhow, here is the results of the test with 2 x Radeon 7970's. Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 vs. MSI MPower(Same hardware, same settings @ 4.6GHz).

Although the Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 scores slghtly better, the MSI MPower has a higher graphics score.

 

[DOM]

why pics so small lol

ans the only reasom the up7 scored higher was cuz of the combined score cuz the other two the mpower was higher wth haha

 

[EarthDog]

Lol, I can't read shhhhhhhh in them either outside of the main score..

 

[drdeathx]

why pics so small lol

ans the only reasom the up7 scored higher was cuz of the combined score cuz the other two the mpower was higher wth haha

Click on the photo or get a better graphics card! LOL

Yes, I did not the graphics score was higher on the MPower.

 

[DOM]

Click on the photo or get a better graphics card! LOL

Yes, I did not the graphics score was higher on the MPower.

Really

im on a 7970

its your ss skills

 

[drdeathx]

Really

im on a 7970

its your ss skills

LOL

 

[sneekypeet]

save as .png with lots of text, helps keep things crisp Although I can see the scores just fine either way!

 

[DOM]

i can see the scores but i was trying to look at the cpu-z and there to small and blury

i just save and paste to paint and save as jpg for smaller size

 

[camoxiong]

I been buying and recommend people to buy MSI products.

 

[drdeathx]

I been buying and recommend people to buy MSI products.

I agree, MSI is flying under the radar and more people should look at them. I also had my hands on the Z77-GD65 and 55 and they both overclocked great.

 

[drdeathx]

I have a small update Earth, not that it made much of a difference. I was under the impression that using the 1st 2 orange slots would run at 16x on the Gigabyte Z77X-UP7. They don't. The center slots do run in 16x after lookling at the chart so I ran the benchmark over:

Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 in 16x

Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 in 8x

For all the 16x vs. 8x persons, the overall score is close to a wash with 8x actually a tad more.

MSI MPower in 8x

 

[camoxiong]

I agree, MSI is flying under the radar and more people should look at them. I also had my hands on the Z77-GD65 and 55 and they both overclocked great.

I been liking their Military Class styles and their Twin Frozr cooler

 

[EarthDog]

I have a small update Earth, not that it made much of a difference. I was under the impression that using the 1st 2 orange slots would run at 16x on the Gigabyte Z77X-UP7. They don't. The center slots do run in 16x after lookling at the chart so I ran the benchmark over:

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq77/AAdeath/slots.png

Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 in 16x
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq77/AAdeath/gigabyte2.png

Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 in 8x
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq77/AAdeath/gigabyte.jpg

For all the 16x vs. 8x persons, the overall score is close to a wash with 8x actually a tad more.

MSI MPower in 8x
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq77/AAdeath/msi.jpg

Thanks again for the testing... like I said, IB doesnt have the ability to NATIVELY support 16x/16x and uses the PEX chip. You findings confirm what many sites already posted and the links I provided... glad it jives!