Foxconn A75A review
5. Overclocking, GPU benchmarks
Review Pages
2. Package, PCB
3. BIOS, bundled software
4. Benchmarks
5. Overclocking, GPU benchmarks
6. Final thoughts
- Overclocking
As an entry-level motherboard, the Foxconn A75A does not offer any options for overclocking. In addition, AMD's Overdrive overclocking utility doesn't work at all, so we had not the chance to test the stability of this motherboard under non-nominal speeds for the GPU and the memory.
- AMD 6550D Graphics
In order to take advantage of the CPU's onboard graphics, you should o download the latest AMD Catalyst drivers first. According to the CPU-Z the GPU's clock is set to 600Mhz with the memory running at 100Mhz:
ATI Catalyst 11.9 offers more information about the GPU:
We expected the integrated Radeon HD 6550D to generally perform between a Radeon HD 6450 and 5570, but it seems that the low memory speed of the A75A system set up was not feeding the GPU fast enough to reach these performance levels. According to our tests, you shouldn't expect much from the HD6550D as it is just faster than a GT210 standalone graphics card:
Compared with an ATI Radeon HD 4800 series, the AMD HD 6550D is much less capable:
Real gaming confirmed the above findings. At the StreetFighter IV game, the A75A system is able offer more than 30FPS at 1280x1024 with 16AF. Lowering the image quality settings will also help with more demanding games:
We also got a 11.30FPS at the Unigine Benchmark:
Review Pages
2. Package, PCB
3. BIOS, bundled software
4. Benchmarks
5. Overclocking, GPU benchmarks
6. Final thoughts