Konklusion
Så fik vi på HWT også kigget lidt på Z77 chipsættet, og det har generelt set rigtig godt ud. En ting jeg er helt vild med her er den utrolige hurtige BIOS, det er noget helt andet at sidde med, og rigtig lækkert at Windows er startet på næsten ingen tid. Vi har ikke rigtig set noget nyt fra MSI's side udover chipsættet, men det de leverer til bundkortet her er stadig rigtig lækkert.
Innovation/Teknologi - 5
Det nyeste chipsæt kombineret med de MSI funktioner som vi alle kender og elsker. Det kan næsten ikke blive bedre.
Bundle/Tilbehør - 4
Jeg giver 4 her fordi jeg stadig savner en længere CrossFire bro, ellers synes jeg at resten af pakken er helt iorden, det er desværre bare ikke helt nok til at få 5.
Design/Layout - 5
MSI har flyttet start, reset og OC Genie knapperne, hvilket gør at de stadig kan bruges selvom der er fyldt op med grafikkort i PCIe portene. Udover dette synes jeg generelt at layoutet er som det skal være.
Software/BIOS - 5
BIOS får også 5 fra mig af. Den er utrolig hurtig, og jeg fik brugt musen denne gang. Click BIOS II har dog stadig noget med de museklik, hvor man ofte skal dobbeltklikke hvor man forventer der blot skal klikkes en gang, men den generelle hastighed trækker helt sikkert op her.
Ydelse - 5
Som jeg skrev i testafsnittet har MSI meldt ud at det nye chipsæt kan hæve ydelse af Sandy Bridge, hvilket vi også har set. Der var et par underlige resultater ind imellem, men nu skal vi også huske på at der er kørt med en meget ny BIOS, og MSI skal lige have BIOS til at styre bundkortet ordenligt. Ved overclock kunne jeg hive 100MHz mere ud af min 2600K, hvilket jeg var ret imponeret over, og måske mere, da det virkede til at være BIOS der er begrænsningen.
Pris - 4
DKR 1549.- er ikke meget for et bundkort af denne kaliber, og sætter man det op imod det DKR 100,- billigere Asus P8Z77 synes jeg man får en smule mere for pengene her, da vi får alle MSI's lækre funktioner oven i hatten.
UK summary
We got our hands on the Z77 chipset, and it is generally really good. One thing I absolutely love here is the incredible speed in the BIOS, it is much faster than I previously experienced and it is great that Windows started in no time. We have not really seen anything new from MSI in addition to the chipset, but the features on this motherboard are really nice.
Innovation/Technology - 5
The newest chipset combined with the MSI features as we all know and love. It could hardly be any better.
Bundle/Accessories - 4
I give 4 here because I still miss a longer Crossfire bridge, otherwise I think that the rest of the package is quite okay, it's unfortunately just not quite enough to achieve a top mark.
Design/Layout - 5
MSI has moved off, reset and OC Genie buttons to the top, which means that they can still be used even if the motherboard is filled up with graphiccards in the PCIe ports. Besides this, I think generally that the layout is as it should be.
Software/BIOS - 5
BIOS also get 5 from me. It is incredibly fast and I could use the mouse properly this time. Click BIOS II still has something buggy about the mouse clicks, where you often have to double clickwhere you expect to only be clicked once, but the overall speed, definitely pulls up.
Performance - 5
As I wrote in the test section, MSI has announced that the new chipset can increase performance from Sandy Bridge, which we've seen. There were a few weird results sometimes, but now we must also remember tha this is a new BIOS and MSI just need to tweak the BIOS in order to control the motherboard properly. By overclock I could pull 100MHz more out of my 2600K, which I was pretty impressed by, and perhaps even more, as it seemed to be the BIOS that was the limitation.
Price - 4
DKK 1549,- is not much for a motherboard of this caliber, and If you put it up against the DKK 100, - cheaper Asus P8Z77 I believe that you get a bit more for your money, because of the extra cool features added by MSI.
Test: Preview af MSI Z77A-GD65
Innovation / Teknologi | 5 |
Bundle - Tilbehør | 4 |
Design - Layout | 5 |
Software - BIOS | 5 |
Ydelse | 5 |
Pris | 4 |
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Samlet | 93% |
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