Gigabyte X38-DS5 review & X38T-DQ6 revisit

Written by Richard Swinburne

November 6, 2007 | 13:43

Tags: #analysis #benchmark #crossfire #ddr2 #ds5 #ga #heatpipes #motherboard #overclocking #review #testing #x38

Companies: #ati #gigabyte #intel

Gaming Performance:


World in Conflict

1600x1200, 0xAF, 0xAA, High Details

  • Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 - 7900 GTX
  • Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 - 7900 GTX
  • Asus Maximus Formula - 7900 GTX
  • Abit IP35 Pro - 7900 GTX
  • 27
  • 26
  • 27
  • 27
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Call of Duty 2

1600x1200 2xAA 8xAF, Maximum Detail

  • Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 - 7900 GTX
  • Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 - X1900 CF
  • Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 - 7900 GTX
  • Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 - X1900 CF
  • Asus Maximus Formula - 7900 GTX
  • Asus Maximus Formula - X1900 CF
  • Abit IP35 Pro - 7900 GTX
  • Abit IP35 Pro - X1900 CF
  • 40.8
  • 89.9
  • 40.8
  • 90.1
  • 40.6
  • 88.9
  • 40.4
  • 53.3
0
25
50
75
100
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Team Fortress 2

1600x1200 8xAA 16xAF, Maximum Detail

  • Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 - 7900 GTX
  • Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 - X1900 CF
  • Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 - 7900 GTX
  • Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 - X1900 CF
  • Asus Maximus Formula - 7900 GTX
  • Asus Maximus Formula - X1900 CF
  • Abit IP35 Pro - 7900 GTX
  • Abit IP35 Pro - X1900 CF
  • 61.8
  • 102.2
  • 62.4
  • 113.9
  • 62.2
  • 108.8
  • 61.1
  • 111.2
0
25
50
75
100
125
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

1600x1200, 0xAF, 0xAA, Ultra High Details

  • Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 - 7900 GTX
  • Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 - X1900 CF
  • Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 - 7900 GTX
  • Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 - X1900 CF
  • Asus Maximus Formula - 7900 GTX
  • Asus Maximus Formula - X1900 CF
  • Abit IP35 Pro - 7900 GTX
  • Abit IP35 Pro - X1900 CF
  • 55.6
  • 80.3
  • 56.1
  • 80.7
  • 55.0
  • 81.3
  • 55.1
  • 68.3
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Again, only TF2 suffers a bit on the Gigabyte X38-DS5 in CrossFire, but the rest of the results are consistently fast across the board for all X38 boards. The P35 naturally suffers in multi-GPU from lack of bandwidth to the second card, but single card performance is still consistent with the rest of the X38 boards compared here. Overall, a good gaming board, but not faster than a P35 if you're using just a single card.
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