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MSI 970A SLI KRAIT Review

GaK_45 by GaK_45
August 4, 2015
in Motherboards, Reviews
MSI 970A SLI KRAIT Review
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7. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Synthetic Game Benchmarks

  • 1. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Introduction
  • 2. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Closer Look
  • 3. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Bios
  • 4. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Software
  • 5. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Testing Methodology
  • 6. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – System Benchmarks
  • 7. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Synthetic Game Benchmarks
  • 8. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Real World In-Game Benchmarks
  • 9. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Onboard Audio Performance
  • 10. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – TL;DRs
  • 11. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Score Card and Summary
  • 12. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Closing Statement

To ensure that long term performance is and not short term performance is illustrated 15 minutes of Unigine’s Valley benchmark was run to ‘warm up’ the video card. Only then were any tests run on the now warm video card.

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Sleeping Dogs Gaming Benchmark

Sleeping Dogs is an open world action-adventure video game developed by United Front Games in conjunction with Square Enix London Studios and published by Square Enix, released on August 2012. Sleeping Dogs has a benchmark component to it that mimics game play and an average of four runs was taken.

The settings used in the testing below are the Extreme display settings and a resolution of 1920×1080. World density is set to extreme, Vsync disabled, high-res textures are enabled, and shadow resolution, shadow filtering, screen space ambient occlusion, and quality motion blur are all set to high.MSI 970A SLI KRAIT Review 33Even with a rather significant handicap in the PCIe lane and CPU power department the SLI Krait 970 does make for one heck of a value build.

Metro: Last Light Gaming Benchmark
Metro: Last Light is a DX11 first-person shooter video game developed by Ukrainian studio 4A Games and published by Deep Silver released in May 2013. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world and features action-oriented gameplay. The game has a benchmark component to it that mimics game play. Scene D6 was used and an average of four runs was taken.

The settings used in the testing below are Very High for quality and a resolution of 1920×1080. DirectX 11 is used, texture filtering is set to AF 16X, motion blur is normal, SSA turned on and tessellation is set to high.MSI 970A SLI KRAIT Review 34And just like that the ballgame is tied 3 to 3….though calling it tie is not really being fair
If you want to really play modern games, the KRAIT system would make for a better foundation.

BioShock Infinite Gaming Benchmark
BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games, and published by 2K Games released in March 2013. The game has a benchmark component to it that mimics game play and an average of four runs was taken.

The settings used in the testing below are UltraDX11 (option 3) for quality and a resolution of 1920×1080.MSI 970A SLI KRAIT Review 35Once again we are seeing the 960’s power not really being fully utilized, but as the old saying goes quantity has a quality all its own…and fully utilized or not the Krait/8320e/dual 960s is a beastly budget system.

Tomb Raider Gaming Benchmark
Tomb Raider is an action-adventure video game published by Square Enix and released in March 2013. The game has a benchmark component to it that mimics game play and an average of four runs was taken.

The settings used in the testing below are Ultimate default settings for quality (sans ‘hair’ shading), VSync disabled and a resolution of 1920×1080.MSI 970A SLI KRAIT Review 36As with the other game benchmarks the 8320e and Krait do make for a better value orientated build – as your money does go further.

Batman Arkham Origins Gaming Benchmark
Batman: AO is an action-adventure video game published by Warner Bros and released in October 2013. The game has a benchmark component to it that mimics game play and an average of four runs was taken.

The settings used in the testing below are highest settings for quality, VSync disabled and a resolution of 1920×1080. Anti-Aliasing is set to TXAA (high). Motion blur, Distortion, Lens Flare, Light Shafts, and Reflections set to On. Geometry, Dynamic Shadows, Depth of Field, and Ambient Occlusion all set to DX11 Enhanced.MSI 970A SLI KRAIT Review 37At this point it is a forgone conclusion…but if you want the Batman to not suck as badly as he does in Arkham Knight’s…the Krait and dual 960s is the better option.

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7. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Synthetic Game Benchmarks

  • 1. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Introduction
  • 2. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Closer Look
  • 3. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Bios
  • 4. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Software
  • 5. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Testing Methodology
  • 6. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – System Benchmarks
  • 7. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Synthetic Game Benchmarks
  • 8. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Real World In-Game Benchmarks
  • 9. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Onboard Audio Performance
  • 10. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – TL;DRs
  • 11. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Score Card and Summary
  • 12. MSI 970A SLI KRAIT – Closing Statement
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