Asus Maximus III Gene motherboard

This motherboard,  from the Republic of Gamers Edition of motherboards

released by Asus, is an extremely compact one designed to deliver mean

performance for gaming. The  board sports compatibility with the LGA1156 socket

for the Lynnfield (Intel core i5 and core i7) processors.  The Gene packs

everything onto a microATX board. The board supports both CrossFire and SLI

multi-GPU technologies and dual channel DDR3 memory up to 2133 MHz through

over-clocking, which enables it to unleash a rich gaming experience for graphic

intensive games.

The  board scored 11196 in 3DMarks. In PCMark, it scored

9962,which is more than just decent. In Cinebench, the score was 8930 CB-CPU. In

POV-Ray, the motherboard scored a rendered average of 95477 over 2.06 secs. It

gave 60.75 FPS in the unreal tournament benchmark. The board performed almost

same with the Gigabyte 955A-UD6, reviewed in this issue, at a more enticing

price tag.

Bottomline:  With an excellent  performance to price

ratio, this motherboard satiates the need of high end gamers.