Benchmark Results
3D Games
Minimal differences in Crysis 1.1 favour DDR3 boards over DDR2 at low detail settings, but the DDR3-equiped Asus P5E3 Premium falls into last place at the highest tested resolution and details. Not that the high-resolution frame rates will matter in actual use, since dropping below 30 frames per second quickly makes games unplayable.
Supreme Commander is almost playable at 1920x1200 pixel resolution and high details for all motherboards, but the point-of-view for this type of game makes frames-per-second a little less critical. The DDR2-equipped Gigabyte X48-DQ6 takes an unexpected lead at lower settings, where performance is more CPU dependent.
The Asus P5E3 Premium takes the lead in Unreal Tournament 3 at both extremely low and extremely high settings, but this particular game is completely playable at the highest detail settings and a 1920x1200 pixel graphics resolution.
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Its no suprise that the manufacturers didn't really bother with a major redesign because this is the last of the current Intel architectures before we move to the CSI memory link in the upcoming CPUs. I say embrace the X48 and enjoy the greatest performance that Socket 775 will ever be able to deliver. Besides since when can you disagree with releasing a validated chipset in favour of overclocking? Some people just want a bloody good board that runs perfectly stable - we are not all overclockers you know (plus there is the issue of possibly invalidating warranties when overclocking is done)