ASRock Z77 Extreme6 Motherboard w/ Intel i7-3770K Review

1. Introduction2. ASRock Z77 Extreme6: Packaging and Bundle3. ASRock Z77 Extreme6: Layout and Features4. ASRock Z77 Extreme6: BIOS5. ASRock Z77 Extreme6: Overclocking6. Testing Methodology7. Synthetic: 3DMark 118. Synthetic: 3DMark Vantage9. Synthetic: PCMark 710. Synthetic: Unigine Heaven Benchmark11. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra 201212. Synthetic: Cinebench R11.513. Synthetic: Super Pi14. Synthetic: CrystalDiskMark15. Real World: Media Encoding16. Real World: MKV Playback17. Gaming: DiRT 318. Gaming: Grand Theft Auto IV: EFLC19. Technical: Power Consumption20. Closing Thoughts21. View All Pages

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City is a standalone compilation of the DLC episodes forGrand Theft Auto IV, containing both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony on one disc. It was released alongside the DLC release of The Ballad of Gay Tony on 29 October 2009 for the Xbox 360 and released on 13 April 2010 for Microsoft Windows and Playstation 3. It does not require a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV to play, nor is an Xbox Live or PSN account necessary (except for multiplayer).

The engine is still extremely demanding for this game – even now for the newest hardware. The latest version changes some of the rendering calls and is used partially within the latest Max Payne engine. The settings we used to test this game are displayed in the screenshot below.

The difference in framerate in GTA 4:EFLC was much larger than in DiRT 3 as it is a more CPU intensive game. There were some significant performance improvements noticeable when the CPUs were overclocked.

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