System Configuration & Test Setup
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Socket A Test System Setup | |
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CPU |
Athlon XP 3200+ |
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Motherboards |
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe |
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Motherboard Driver |
nForce driver v4.24 |
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Power Supply |
Antec 430W TruePower |
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Memory |
2x256MB Corsair PC3200 TwinX Platinum Series |
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Hard Drive |
200GB 7200RPM Western Digital EIDE 8MB cache |
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Video Card |
Asus Radeon 9600XT |
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Video Driver |
Catalyst v3.5 |
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DirectX Version |
DX 9.0b |
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Operating System |
Windows XP w/ Service Pack 1 |
The test bench we are using today is what you would typically find on a “budget” computer complete with a mid-range video card. We intentionally do not use faster videocards (even though they are available to us) is because it probably won’t accurately reflect what current consumers would be buying.
The benchmarks used were:
- Cachemem
- Everest v1.10.106
- SiSoft Sandra 2004 SP1
- Business Winstone 2004
- Content Creation Winstone 2004
- PCMark ’04
- CineBench 2003
- ScienceMark 2.0 Beta
- 3DMark 2001: SE v330
- Aquamark 3
- FarCry
- Unreal Tournament 2004
- LAME MP3 Encoding
- DVD to DivX Encoding
Great MB. It’s been running
Great MB. It’s been running flawless for 12 years.
Now I’m confronted with 5 “pregnant” Elkos in the vicinity of the CPU. Hope I can find someone, who’s able to replace them.
Good review, too.
Thanx 🙂