MSI 785GM-E65 Motherboard Review :: Integrated Graphics Performance

08-02-2009 · Category: Motherboards

By Benjamin Sun

The integrated graphics should be about as fast as a HD 3200 with maybe a little improvement due to drivers. The architecture is exactly the same with the addition of DirectX 10.1 with similar SPs, Texture units and ROPs. I used Crysis Warhead, a DX10 game, Left 4 Dead a DX9 game, Unreal Tournament, a DX9 game and 3DMark06. Note all settings were set to high on the DX9 games but Crysis Warhead was run using the Mainstream settings and I used 1024x768 for everything except 3DMark06 which I ran at default settings.


Test System


  • MSI 785GM-E65 motherboard running Drivers off DVD
  • 1 WD Raptor 74GB
  • 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-2000 running at 1333MHz
  • AMD Phenom II X4 810 AM3 CPU running at 2.6GHz
  • Cooler Master 1000W PSU
  • Windows Vista with SP1 installed
  • ATI HD 4200 integrated with 256MB shared memory

Tests

  • Unreal Tournament 3 1024x768 : 17.95
  • Crysis Warhead 1024x768 : 8.167
  • Left 4 Dead 1024x768 : 22.15
  • 3DMark06 1280x1024 : 1431