The MSI B350 Tomahawk Motherboard Review: Gaming On a Budget
by Gavin Bonshor on March 12, 2018 10:45 AM EST- Posted in
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- AMD
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- ATX
- Zen
- AM4
- B350
- Ryzen
- Tomahawk
- Raven Ridge
Gaming Performance
Ashes of the Singularity
Seen as the holy child of DirectX12, Ashes of the Singularity (AoTS, or just Ashes) has been the first title to actively go explore as many of DirectX12s features as it possibly can. Stardock, the developer behind the Nitrous engine which powers the game, has ensured that the real-time strategy title takes advantage of multiple cores and multiple graphics cards, in as many configurations as possible.
Rise Of The Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider is a third-person action-adventure game that features similar gameplay found in 2013's Tomb Raider. Players control Lara Croft through various environments, battling enemies, and completing puzzle platforming sections, while using improvised weapons and gadgets in order to progress through the story.
One of the unique aspects of this benchmark is that it’s actually the average of 3 sub-benchmarks that fly through different environments, which keeps the benchmark from being too weighted towards a GPU’s performance characteristics under any one scene.
Thief
Thief has been a long-standing title in PC gamers hearts since the introduction of the very first iteration which was released back in 1998 (Thief: The Dark Project). Thief as it is simply known rebooted the long-standing series and renowned publisher Square Enix took over the task from where Eidos Interactive left off back in 2004. The game itself utilises the fluid Unreal Engine 3 engine and is known for optimised and improved destructible environments, large crowd simulation and soft body dynamics.
Total War: WARHAMMER
Not only is the Total War franchise one of the most popular real-time tactical strategy titles of all time, but Sega delve into multiple worlds such as the Roman Empire, Napoleonic era and even Attila the Hun, but more recently they nosedived into the world of Games Workshop via the WARHAMMER series. Developers Creative Assembly have used their latest RTS battle title with the much talked about DirectX 12 API so that this title can benefit from all the associated features that comes with it. The game itself is very CPU intensive and is capable of pushing any top end system to their limits.
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unlockproject - Monday, August 1, 2022 - link
so is this MB.https://unlock85201.ac-page.com/startup
Myrandex - Monday, March 12, 2018 - link
I despise this too :( although based on the other comment below I'm hoping it actually is 3.1!unlockproject - Monday, August 1, 2022 - link
I'm hoping it actually is 3.1https://unlock85201.ac-page.com/startup
Myrandex - Monday, March 12, 2018 - link
The Krait website for this board says the C is a 3.1 port: https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/B350-KRAIT-GAMINGAnd for this version of the motherboard it appears that it supports 3.1 for the Front Panel connectors, so if connected to a case the front plugs could be good! https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/B350-TOMAHAWK
Geranium - Tuesday, March 13, 2018 - link
Those are USB 3.0 AKA USB 3.1 G1, not real USB 3.1 AKA 3.1 G2 which B350 chipset supports.unlockproject - Monday, August 1, 2022 - link
good Those are USB 3.0 AKA USB 3.1 G1, not real USB 3.1 AKA 3.1 G2 which B350https://linktr.ee/unlock.coach
unlockproject - Monday, August 1, 2022 - link
So what gives with no USB 3.1 Gen2 from the B350 itself?https://unlockproject01.jimdofree.com/
unlockproject - Monday, August 1, 2022 - link
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vkristof - Tuesday, March 13, 2018 - link
The MSI B350 KRAIT GAMING motherboards supports TWO USB 3.1 Gen2 ports (one Type-A, one Type-C), but does it via an "ASMedia® ASM2142 Chipset". It shows the ASM 2142 both in the features and block diagram section of the motherboard manual. The block diagram shows the ASM2142 connected between the USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports and the B350 (PCI express lanes)So what gives with no USB 3.1 Gen2 from the B350 itself?
attractionsandplaces - Monday, March 26, 2018 - link
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