DFI Lanparty JR P45-T2RS mATX Motherboard Review

CrossFire Benchmarks

This section will provide an overview of single card vs. CrossFire performance. For CrossFire testing, two different brands of the ATI HD3870 were used; a MSI model and a HIS ICEQ model. The cards have slightly different speeds, the MSI runs at 800/1125 (GPU/Mem) and the HIS runs at 780/1126. The MSI card was installed in PCIE slot 1 and all tests were completed using Catalyst 8.9 drivers and Windows Vista Home Basic 64bit. Additionally, all CrossFire comparisons will be ran at overclocked CPU settings (4066Mhz/452Mhz 4-4-4-4).



3DMark Vantage Benchmark:

The first 3D benchmark test for CrossFire is quickly becoming the new standard among benchmarking enthusiasts, Futuremark 3DMark Vantage. Performance settings will be used and all other settings remain at default to allow other users to compare their results.


Results: CrossFire results are really where the Lanparty JR P45-T2RS shines with a gain in Vantage 3DMarks (Performance preset) of 3,226 or an improvement of 65%.


3DMark 2006 Benchmark:

The second 3D benchmark test for CrossFire is among the most common in the enthusiast world, Futuremark 3DMark 2006. To be comparable to other users’ systems, all settings remain at default, including the resolution which is 1280x1024.


Results: Not quite the impact CrossFire had on Vantage, but pretty close. We see a 56% gain in 3DMarks when adding a second HD3870 and running the benchmark in CrossFire.


World in Conflict Benchmark:

For World in Conflict tests, resolution is set at 1680x1050, Detail is set to High, all other display options remain at default settings.


Results: In a gaming benchmark that simulates gaming situations, the performance gained when running CrossFire vs. a single card is outstanding. When adding a second HD3870 in World in Conflict, FPS improves 66%!


Crysis Benchmark:

For Crysis benchmark tests we looped (3 times) and recorded the Demo Map Island level which goes through jungle, over water and in vehicles. Resolution used was 1680x1050 and other settings included: AA=2x, Vsync=Disabled, DX9, 64 bit test, FullScreen, and Global Game Quality was Medium.


Results: Similar to the World in Conflict results, the performance gained when running CrossFire vs. a single card in Crysis is excellent. A second HD3870 in Crysis gave an improvement of 47% or 26 FPS!