We have 3 boards in the arena - The P5E3 Deluxe , the P5K3 Deluxe and the Asus Blitz !

Will the P5E3 Deluxe be able to hold its ground against the onslaught of its two 'older' siblings ?

Let's find out now!

Test Bed  :

• CPU : Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX6850 @ 3ghz
• Ram : 2 x 1GB DDR3 1333mhz Kingston HyperX @ 7-7-7-20 2T
• HDD : Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA 80GB
• Graphics : ATi Radeon HD 2900XT 512mb GDDR3
• Powersupply : Enermax Galaxy 1000W
• Display : Dell 3007 WFP 30" LCD @ 2560x1600 Native Resolution

The P5K3 had a lead in 3d Mark 06, surprisingly the P5E3 was last in the pack!

3D Mark 03 followed suit, this time with the Asus Blitz leading the pack! The P5E3 maintained middle ground, with the P5K3 slipping down to 3rd.

World in Conflict represents one of the more intensive games out there on the market, and we ran it in full DirectX 10 glory in Windows Vista , just to experience the visual eye candy ! Average FPS had the P5E3 in the lead, way ahead of the P5K3 And Blitz!

Quake 4 had the tables turned in favour of the P5K3 once again. We are suspecting the good memory performance of the P5K3 to be the culprit in attaining such good scores !

Call of Juarez is the killer! With DirectX 10 effects in windows Vista, we had the Blitz and P5K3 trying to keep up with the P5E3 which had a frame more in Average FPS.