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MSI Z87 XPower Motherboard Review

Metro 2033 is a first-person shooter video game with survival horror elements, based on the novel Metro 2033 by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. The game is played from the perspective of Artyom, the player-character. The story takes place in post-apocalyptic Moscow, mostly inside the metro system, but occasionally missions bring the player above-ground.

We used the game's built-in benchmark set to ‘Very High' quality to offer an intense challenge for the gaming hardware while also making playable frame rates a possibility.

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metro 2033

As is the case with Battlefield 3, Metro 2033 shows a slight decrease in performance when our overclocked settings are applied. Perhaps the CPU Ring frequency fixed at 3500MHz is having a slightly negative effect on gaming performance.

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3 comments

  1. that is one big big mobo! lovely design, I like their boards this generation, very attractive designs.

  2. been wondering about this board since it was announced. Id like to see a review of some of the maximum boards soon too. this MSI board is on my shortlist.

  3. They make the sexiest boards but gigabyte Z87 are giving them a run for their money this time. Its a kick ass board, but im not moving to haswell, its a sucky generation. waiting on the next one, quite happy with my 3570k