ASUS F1A75-M Pro AMD APU Motherboard Review

ASUS F1A75-M Pro Dedicated Card performance

Taking a look at DirectX 11 gaming performance with a discrete graphics card we can see a little bit of difference between the platforms in Total War: Shogun 2. At 1280×1024 the 2500K filled ASUS P8Z68-V Pro had a slight edge over the ASUS F1A75-M Pro with 75.9 frames per second compared to 72.04 frames per second. At 1920×1080 the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro continued to lead but the margin diminished. We saw a difference of only .33 frames per second at the higher resolution.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat the ASUS F1A75-M Pro was able to average 94.2 frames per second at 1280×1024 while the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro average 13% higher with 106.4 frames per second. The margins at 1920×1080 were once again smaller than they were at 1280×1024. At 1920×1080 the ASUS F1A75-M Pro averaged 70.8 frames per second while the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro was 5.2% faster with an average of 74.5 frames per second.

The ASUS P8Z68-V Pro lead in Aliens Vs. Predator by an ever so slight margin. At 1280×1024 there was only .5 frames per second difference between the two platforms. At 1920×1080 we saw a difference of only .3 frames per second with the ASUS F1A75-M Pro just behind.