| ASUS Crosshair-V Formula AMD 990FX Motherboard |  |
| Reviews - Featured Reviews: Motherboards | |
| Written by Hank Tolman | |
| Tuesday, 31 May 2011 | |
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Video Transcoding Testsx264 HD Benchmark 3.19 TestTech ARP's x264 HD Benchmark comprises the Avisynth video scripting engine, an x264 encoder, a sample 720P video file, and a script file that actually runs the benchmark. The script invokes four two-pass encoding runs and reports the average frames per second encoded as a result. The script file is a simple batch file, so you could edit the encoding parameters if you were interested, although your results wouldn't then be comparable to others.
Handbrake 0.9.4 Video TranscoderHandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder program designed to convert MPEG video (including DVD-Video) into an MPEG-4 video file in MPEG-4 Part 14 (.mp4) or Matroska (.mkv) containers. The program is used to convert DVDs into other forms so they can be viewed on portable media devices and with most media players. While Handbrake was originally developed for BeOS, it is now available for Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
Handbrake is a readily available program that easily handles and utilizes multiple CPU cores and threads. This makes it an ideal program for us to use to test CPU performance. The amount of time it takes for Handbrake to convert a media file scales very nicely based on the clock speed and available cores of the CPU. For this test, I used a 4.34GB video file in MPEG format to be converted to MP4 format using the "iPhone &iPod Touch" presets. I recorded the total time in (min:sec) that it took to transcode the video file.
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Comments
However, if there are CPU based productivity concerns to be addressed, Intel is definitely a great choice. And of course, if you have the budget to build a computer without much limitation, then of course build around a Core i7 Sandy Bridge!
All that said, I am going to relinquish my AMD parts for Intel in the future if AMD continues to fail to deliver. I just read that Bulldozer is being delayed to September to create a better stepping. That's not the news I was waiting for. I carried an AMD torch for a long time, but I can't wait forever.
"I know by writing this, I'm sure to be accused of being biased toward AMD but my true desire is to see competition thrive and flourish. This will help keep prices down and performance increasing steadily. Up until the Sandy Bridge release, I think that AMD systems have been preferable to Intel systems for gaming, while Intel systems had the edge for more CPU intensive processes. Even with the Sandy Bridge release, Intel didn't do much with the P67-Express system to appeal to extreme gamers or even overclocking enthusiasts. They locked the processors, stuck with minimal PCIe 2.0 lanes, and even offered up only two SATA 6Gb/s ports. The CPUs are amazingly powerful and they run cool. For CPU intensive processes, the Sandy Bridge release was a huge success."
I agree. Thats a good idea.
I squirted coffee through my nose at that.
Couldn't agree more.
It's like the difference between truth and justice.
Nice review.
Thanks
This will be my last piece then I got myself a new RIG
@ David my point being why didn't they just make the mobo bigger by 2~3 inches and spread the slots out some more most new cases are capable of having XLATX mobos installed in them unless ofcourse you planning on using an older or cheap cae to install this in.... as it stands this mobo is not capable of 4way SLI/CF without having to purchase an addon or finding 4 single slot type graphics cards unless the addon comes in the box
I bet the Crosshair V Extreme will be pretty much same price and that is $300~
This Crosshair V Formula also same price as the IV and I think ASUS will do a price drop on that motherboard soon =)
As for prices we're always getting ripped of here Retailers try and claim dollar rate or shipping cost because of the price of Fuel in order to rip holes into peoples wallets it's all just bull# because they sure as hell don't drop prices when our dollar is up of fuel cost go down
Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair IV Formula B3
Perhaps a Maximus IV Formula? Seriously, when will ASUS Extreme's cheaper sibling be announced?
As you can see here on QVL OCZ revo works on Crosshair II
(final nvdia crosshair)
##ocztechnology.com/displaypage.php?name=revo_ibis_moboguide
But if you scroll down to the red Crosshair III and Crosshair IV
(first AMD chipset Crosshairs)
are still... after a year and a quarter on the problems/unsupported list.
Crosshair V is not in the red or the blue its not on the list
(at least yet)
Do you have an OCZ revo drive to test this on. If so it would be
greatly appreciated in your next part of the review? Im guess from what
u said there would be a second part? Or maybe you just know offhand.
Thank you Hank for reading
1) the pci lanes aren't only used by gpu's or add-on cards in general
2) I know for a fact that AMD cards aren't noticeably bandwidth limited until x4, I'll hazard to say it's probably the same for nvidia also
As it stands, the 990FX seems like an incremental upgrade. Not having native USB 3.0 seems a bit disappointing. I suppose we'll have to wait until the processors (FX-8130P) come out before casting judgment on AMD.
Right now I'm looking at what to replace my q6600 and Bulldozer seems like a leading candidate.
But not sure when. It'll only be the second extreme board in AMD flavor so i cant state consistency, but formula and extreme rarely come out side by side in the same month anyway. Maybe around the holidays, or sooner. I think they want bulldozer out before they show everything.
Same with G1(assassin,guerrilla) Gigabyte boards, you know they are coming either way, even though they are unannounced.