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- Date:
- Thursday , September 03, 2009
- Author:
- Morry Teitelman
- Editor:
- Kyle Bennett
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EVGA X58 SLI Classified
EVGA decided to take the Intel camp by storm with its introduction of the X58 SLI Classified on to the Core i7 scene. Boasting a vast array of overclocking features and hardware optimizations, this could very well be the board to beat…
Multimedia Benchmarks
Outside of gaming and encoding, there are few applications on the desktop that will push our systems to their limits. This especially becomes apparent when we start talking about multi-core processors that are becoming the norm now days. Some encoding apps are really starting to shine and become usable by the masses.
The benchmarks below all represent very real world situations just like you would run into at home while encoding video from your camcorder - or while using a picture editing program - or while encoding music for your iPod - or making movies with something as simple as Windows Movie Maker - or encoding a DVD for saving it to your hard drive to allow you easier access to the content.
We have simply timed our various tests on the different systems and supplied you with the amount of time it took for the system to fully build the file. Scratch disks were used properly as well as making sure we were not bumping into any IO bottlenecks elsewhere.
Graphs are labeled as follows: Motherboard - CPU Type & Clock Speed - Memory Speed
DivX Converter 7.0
The X58 SLI Classified starts off the multimedia benchmarks strong, easily staying with the lead boards.
LAME 3.98.1
Again, the X58 SLI Classified manages to stick close to the other boards performance-wise, illustrating the well designed nature of the board’s subsystems.
WinRAR v3.90 B1
In this memory intensive test, the X58 SLI Classified manages a lead spot. Good performance in this benchmark is crucial, in that it indicates a well designed memory subsystem, in light of the memory intensive nature of this benchmark.
Videora IPod Converter v4.02
The X58 SLI Classified continues to keep pace with its Core i7 based brethren, making a strong showing in this multi-core aware conversion test.
TMPGEnc 4.0 XPRESS v4.6.2.266
The X58 SLI Classified finishes its stint in the multimedia benchmarks with a solid finish, illustrating its design merits.