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If you are an overclocker, then forget about the performance tests in the nominal work mode that we discussed in our previous article. Overclocking changes the whole picture dramatically and shows how greatly your system performance may actually depend on the right choice of mainboard.

The fastest mainboard in our test session with the FSB overclocked to 400MHz appears the good old Asus P5B Deluxe on Intel P965 chipset. However, you should bear in mind that this solution can only boast high performance during FSB overclocking to 400MHz. High FSB frequency will most likely change the situation, because of Strap changing leading to slowing down of the memory controller.

The newcomer, our today’s hero – Asus P5K Deluxe – is close behind the leader. However, Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R on the same Intel P35 chipset cannot boast the same great performance. It yields to Asus mainboards on Intel chipsets in all tests.

The slowest of all during overclocking is the solution on Nvidia nForce 680i SLI. Asus P5N32-E SLI cannot compete with any Intel P35 or Intel P965 based solutions during overclocking.