Really worth that much money? The game motherboard

Yesterday someone asked the editor about a game motherboard and asked the reason. The main reason is that the RGB faith light is too cool. However, my friends seem to have no idea about Other aspects of the game motherboard. It happens that the editor today took the opportunity to talk to you about whether this relatively popular motherboard type is worth it.

What exactly is a gaming motherboard?

Gaming motherboards are one of the most prominent motherboard products in the past two years, and they are quite different from ordinary motherboards and high-end overclocking motherboards. Simply put, it is an "optimized design" made for gamers to enhance gameplay (note that it is not entirely performance).

Specifically, game motherboards have made great efforts in motherboard stability, and the materials used are usually stronger than those of the main cost-effective motherboard products. Secondly, the two main aspects of motherboard scalability and features have been strengthened, such as professional games. King card, high-quality sound effect sound card and so on. Finally, there is the belief bonus-RGB lights, the cool appearance allows you to see that it is an abnormal human at a glance... Of course, the price is naturally not cheap.

Who has the game motherboard

At present, mainstream motherboard manufacturers almost all have game series, such as ASRock GAMING series, ASUS ROG STRIX series, ASUS TUF series, MSI GAMING series, Gigabyte AORUS series, Gigabyte GAMING series, Gigabyte UD series, Colorful iGame series, etc. , The price should be said to be a lot more expensive.

Don't think too much about the difference

Killer NIC: Now if the game motherboard is equipped with a NIC optimized for games, I am embarrassed to go out to meet people. The main feature of this type of network card is that it has an independent computing unit and strong data throughput. The result is a low ping value, rapid response, reduced delay, and packet loss is almost zero. The good thing is that the game connection is not easy to drop. Of course, it sounds very good, but in fact, the more important thing depends on whether the operator's broadband is stable...

Advanced sound effect sound card: The sound card of the game motherboard is generally implemented by hardware stacking + software optimization. At present, most game motherboards will be equipped with HiFi sound quality, such as the magic sound technology of Gigabyte motherboards, the Bel Canto of ASUS motherboards, etc. There are also some intelligent sound adjustment technologies to bring better game sound quality experience.

Overclocking design: Most game motherboards using Z-series Intel chipsets and AMD chipsets have enhanced overclocking design. Many overclocking details and presets have been moved to the system for direct adjustment, and there is a monitoring interface for easy monitoring of system status , And even a fully automatic design such as one-click overclocking, but I want to say that it’s really useless. Nowadays, games eat more graphics cards and memory.

Additional optimization software:

Around game motherboards, manufacturers will also introduce more responsible additional software, such as the aforementioned overclocking software, and applications similar to memory-to-hard drives. In short, the game motherboard’s playability should be improved as much as possible (er, not good Do you play games)...

Lighting effect belief:

Don't say anything, anyway, all kinds of cool lighting effects. The editor has always opposed this kind of light pollution, but it looks really cool. Players have their own fun. Memory, graphics cards and motherboards all have RGB lighting effects. Even the chassis fans are key lighting effects. You like it.

In general, the added value of the software and the stacking design of the game motherboard are the fundamental reasons for its high price. But whether you need it depends on your choice. The better things are, the cost is naturally much higher. It's not what you pay for.