Test: MSI X79A-GD65 8D

Konklusion

Bundkortet her er utrolig lækkert. Med MSI's click BIOS og nyeste chipset fra Intel er det svært at gå udenom. Intel har fået smidt flere PCI-e baner i deres X79 chipset end de har gjort i deres Sandy Bridge chipsets. Dette betyder at det har været muligt for MSI at smide flere PCI-e x16 porte i kortet, så det er nu muligt med flere grafikkort.

Innovation/Teknologi - 5
Hvordan den nyeste teknologi kan få andet end 5 ved jeg ikke. Det fungerer helt som det skal og der er fantastisk ydelse hele vejen igennem. Vi ser også understøttelse for PCI-e 3.0 samt de lækre Military Class komponenter der gør at bundkortet kan holde i meget lang tid.

Bundle/Tilbehør - 4
Jeg kan rigtig godt lide pakken der kommer med her, men for at den bliver perfekt mangler der nu engang en lang CrossFire bro. Det er kun korte broer man får med når man køber et AMD grafikkort, og da der er langt mellem PCI-e 3.0 portene synes jeg godt sådan en kunne følge med.

Design/Layout - 4
Kortet er flot, og dets layout synes at fungerer rigtig godt med så god plads der nu kan være omkring CPU soklen og PCI-e portene er placeret fint, dog havde jeg gerne set de 2 første PCI-e 3.0 porte ville være tættere så en kort CrossFire bro kan bruges.

Software/BIOS - 4
Noget jeg rigtig godt kan lide er Winky 3. Og Click BIOS'en fungerer fint, dog ville jeg gerne have bedre understøttelse for musen. Man ender op med at bruge ens tastatur alligevel da det ikke er muligt at gå ind i en ny menu medmindre at man er gået helt tilbage i den menu man nu var inde i. Desuden ville jeg gerne have haft enkeltklik fremfor dobbeltklik.

Ydelse - 4
Det er lidt svært at sige noget om ydelsen på kortet, da vi ikke har haft noget at sammenligne med, men vi kan ikke komme udenom at platformen her yder rigtig godt, og bundkortet her overclocker ikke dårligt. Efter denne test har MSI udgivet en BIOS der skulle løfte ydelsen med op til 10%.

Pris - 3
Priserne på X79 bundkort er generelt høje, men en pris på DKR 2100,- synes ikke at være særlig slemt. Vi lander på et pænt 3 tal, da man her får en del for pengene.

UK summary

This motherboard is incredibly delicious. With MSI's Click BIOS and the latest chipset from Intel, it is hard to go around. Intel has thrown in more PCI-e lanes in their X79 chipset than they did in their Sandy Bridge chipsets. This means that it has been possible for MSI to throw more PCI-e x16 ports on the board, so it is now possible with more graphics cards in your setup.

Innovation/Technology - 5
How the latest technology can get anything other than 5 I do not know. It works as it should and there is great performance.

Bundle/Accessories - 4
I really like the bundle, but for it to be perfect it needs a long CrossFire bridge. You only get short bridges that you get when you buy an AMD graphics card, and since there is a bit far between the PCI-e 3.0 ports, a long bridge would be nice.

Design/Layout - 4
The board is beautiful, and its layout seems to work very well with a good space around the CPU socket and the PCI-e ports are well placed, but I would have liked the first PCI-e 3.0 ports to be placed closer to each other so that a small CrossFire bridge could be used.

Software/BIOS - 4
Something I really like is Winky 3. The click BIOS works fine, however I would like to have seen better support for the mouse. You end up using your keyboard anyway because it is not possible to enter a new menu unless you have gone back from all the menus you have been in. Besides that, I would have liked a single click rather than a double click.

Performance - 4
It is a bit hard to say anything about the performance of the board, as we have not had anything to compare it with, but we can not get around that the platform here has great performance, and the motherboard is not entirely bad at overclocking. After this review MSI has released a new BIOS which should provide up to 10% more performance.

Price - 3
Prices of the X79 motherboards are high, and a price of DKK 2100,- does not seem to be bad. We land on a 3 here since you get a great deal for your money.

Test: MSI X79A-GD65 8D

Innovation / Teknologi	5
Bundle - Tilbehør	4
Design - Layout	4
Software - BIOS	4
Ydelse	4
Pris	3
Samlet	80%