3D Performance Results

Once we completed our CPU test suite, we took some time to play some games with the TPU community to get an overall feel for gaming on the A990FXM-A. After a couple of days we settled in to complete our 3D benchmarking, feeling confident that the ECS A990FXM-A was going to put on a good show. Let's take a look at what numbers the board provided.

3DMark11

Once we ran 3DMark11, it became clear that a trend was emerging. The numbers readily confirm our suspicions about the A990FXM-A's performance focus, with the A990FXM-A putting up the best numbers we've seen to date on the AM3+ platform.

Civilization 5

Our first real-world 3D performance test comes in the form of Civilization 5, using the included benchmark. We let the game recommend us settings, and then disabled V-SYNC and AA to eliminate bottlenecks introduced by the GPU itself. We found the ECS A990FXM-A to give a fairly decent result; not the best, but also far from the worst.

F1 2010

Our second real-world 3D performance test comes from CodeMasters, in the form of the "F1 2010" included benchmark. We let the game recommend us settings, which included 8xAA with our newly added HD 6950 2GB from Sapphire. Again we were impressed, as F1 2010 proves to be one of our personal favorites, and the ECS A990FXM-A again noticed higher performance than the other AM3+ products we've tested in the past few months. With the ECS A990FXM-A posting the best result by nearly a full frame, we finished our 3D testing feeling quite impressed.

With the CPU and 3D performance compares out of the way, we took a closer look at the other features offered by the ECS A990FXM-A, as it manages to pack a lot of 3D punch.