ASRock 890GX Extreme3 Motherboard Review

Test System Configuration

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with all the latest updates installed. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. The Patriot Sector 5 memory modules were run in double-channel mode at 1333MHz with 7-7-7-20 timings. The ATI Radeon HD graphics cards were tested with 10.3 CATALYST suite drivers. The ASRock 890GX Extreme3 motherboard was running BIOS version 1.1. The AMD 910e processor was running at the default clock of 2.6GHz.

AMD Test Bench

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