MSI Z170A Xpower Gaming Titanium Edition Motherboard Review

Motherboards/Intel S1151 by petervandamned @ 2016-02-16

Today the MSI Z170A Xpower Gaming Titanium Edition has arrived, looking astonishing in this new PCB coating.

All the new features like dual M.2, USB 3.1 gen 1, USB 3.1 gen 2, Nahimic audio enhancer and a game boost knob plus separate OC panel. Wow this is one bad boy!

 

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Playing games is probably why you are going to buy a new motherboard. MSI has marked this board as an enthusiast gaming component.

I like to play online race games and my favorite is Formula 1 games. Since 2010 we play with several set-ups in my mancave Codemasters F1 series. Latest is the F1 2015.

I was playing this on a 8 core AMD setup with the Titan X.

One single screen with Ultra high setting.

Begin setting and a little part of one lap.

Last lap section and FPS but as I am recording with Fraps it's lower then a actual benchmark.

Time to switch to a full lap on the MSI and Titan X

Time to hook up all screens 3 for the actual game and one for some timings 

Resolution will be on the 3 screens 5760 x 1080 and ultra high settings.

One point I have to explain as in the end you will see the benchmark FPS, however as i am recording this with Fraps those a really lower compared with the runs without Fraps! Here is a look at my primary set-up.

Time to have a look at some futures and give a final verdict.

 

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