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Six 975X Enthusiast Motherboards for Today and Tomorrow

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By Patrick Schmid

published 22 May 2006

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Page 46 of 48:

Stereo Crosstalk

Page 1: Intel 975X Motherboard Battle, Spring 2006
Page 2: The 975X Chipset
Page 3: Asus P5WD2-E Premium Edition
Page 4: Motherboard Components
Page 5: BIOS
Page 6: Drivers, Software And Tools
Page 7: Accessories
Page 8: Asus P5WDG2-WS Premium Edition (w/ PCI-X)
Page 9: Motherboard Components
Page 10: BIOS
Page 11: Foxconn 975X7AA
Page 12: Motherboard Details
Page 13: Motherboard Details, Continued
Page 14: Motherboard Details
Page 15: BIOS
Page 16: Driver, Software And Tools
Page 17: Gigabyte GA-G1975X
Page 18: Motherboard Components
Page 19: Accessories
Page 20: Audio
Page 21: BIOS
Page 22: Drivers, Software And Tools
Page 23: MSI MS-7246 975 Platinum H
Page 24: Motherboard Details
Page 25: BIOS And Memory
Page 26: BIOS And Memory, Continued
Page 27: Driver, Software And Tools
Page 28: Intel D975XBX
Page 29: Motherboard Details
Page 30: Motherboard Details, Continued
Page 31: BIOS
Page 32: BIOS, Continued
Page 33: Driver, Software And Tools
Page 34: Test Setup
Page 35: Benchmark Results
Page 36: OpenGL
Page 37: Video
Page 38: Audio
Page 39: Synthetic
Page 40: Power Consumption Measurements
Page 41: Audio Measurements
Page 42: Noise Level
Page 43: Dynamic Range
Page 44: THD + Noise (at -3 DB FS)
Page 45: Intermodulation Distortion
Page 46: Stereo Crosstalk
Page 47: IMD (Swept Tones)
Page 48: Conclusion: Intel Inside Almost Wins

Stereo Crosstalk

Asus P5WD2-E Premium (Realtek ALC881)

Asus P5WDG2-WS Premium (Realtek ALC882D)

Gigabyte G1975X (Audigy 2 SE CA0106)

Intel X975XBX (Sigmatel STAC9221D5)

MSI MS-7246 975 Platinum H (Realtek ALC883)

Foxconn 975X7AA (Realtek ALC882)

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1 Comment Comment from the forums

has anyone ever tested this (my) MB with a core 2 duo processor? Does it work?
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