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To test the ASUS M4N82 Deluxe, I will use the AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition since it can be used in both AM2+ and AM3 motherboards. I will compare it to some other AM2+ motherboards, including the ATI version, the M4A79 Deluxe. I will also include some AM3 motherboards in the comparison, for which the RAM will have to be different, obviously.

As for the benchmarks, there will be a set of system benchs and another set of gaming benchs. Two of them require custom runs as they have no benchmarking tool. So for Bioshock and Call of Duty: World at War, Fraps will be used to record the FPS, whereas for all other gaming tests, the built-in benchmarking tool will be used. For all of these, the tests will be run at 3 different resolutions: 1280x1024, 1680x1050 and 1920x1200.

Test Setup

• Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition processor
• ASUS M4N82 Deluxe
• ASUS M4A79 Deluxe
• MSI 790FX-GD70 motherboard
• Gigabyte MA790GP-DS4H motherboard
• Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P motherboard
• NVIDIA GTX 260 videocard with Forceware 185.85
• Cooler Master V8 heatsink
• Seagate 7200.11 750GB with 32MB cache SATA2 drive
• Mushkin XP-800AP power Supply
• 2x2GB Mushkin DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15-1T
• 2x2GB Mushkin DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24-1T

Benchmarks

• SiSoft Sandra Professional
• WinRAR
• PCMark Vantage
• Handbrake
• POV-Ray
• Cinebench
• HDTune
• Far Cry 2
• Bioshock
• Call of Duty: World at War
• Crysis Warhead
• Left 4 Dead
• Mirror's Edge