Gaming Performance

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The overall gaming performance of the ECS KA1 MVP is very good in all titles. In actual game play the board behaved extremely well, handling both single player titles and on-line gaming sessions that sometimes lasted up to five continuous hours. We tested the ECS board in both standard and overclocked conditions during game play without incident.

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  • Wesley Fink - Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - link

    A video shunt card is the PCB card used in some Crossfire designs for the second x8 slot when you want the other video slot to be x16. When the card is out you have 2 x8 slots, when it's in you have one x16. nVidia uses a similar "paddle" card on their nForce4 SLI design.

    ATI also has a BIOS switching option on more expensive Crossfire boards. It turned out the simple paddle was the most trouble-free on the Rx480 Crossfire, but most RD580 use the BIOS-switching design and have been trouble-free.
  • Beenthere - Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - link

    SOS, DD.

    STILL not ready for Prime time but an "E" for effort with an updated BIOS.

    Skip the ATI chipset S939 mobos - they are all flops. Hopefully the socket AM2 mobos will be far better than the S939 ATI based crap. ATI must be really disappointed in the Asian mobo makers who refused to deliver a properly operating mobo.
  • rjm55 - Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - link

    Ever since I read about nVidia paying people to post anti-ATI stuff on Forums I've wondered. Do you suppose it's in NV's interest to drum up that the ATI chipset is immature? I only ask cause the same two names always post crap comments about ATI and the A8R-MVP every time a motherboard review goes up at AT.

    I also bought an A8R-MVP. I was disappointed it required 2T Command Rate above about 260 until I realized the 2T on Asus was just as fast as iT on other boards. At 2T i reached 320. I haven't had a problem other than that and it's the best $95 I ever spent on a board. I liked it so much I bought an A8R32-MVP which I like ever better.

    Why don't you jerks that trash these ATI boards tell us SPECIFICALLY what is wrong and provide some evidence so others can take a look at your problems and fix them for you?

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