System Setup and Benchmarks
System Setup
Our tests systems include the new Intel 3.46EE on the 925XE motherboard, the Intel 925X motherboard with various 775-pin processors, a VIA K8T800 Pro chipset board with various 939-pin motherboards, as well as the nForce4 platform using PCI Express graphics (same as the Intel setups) and an FX-53.
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Intel 925XE Test System Setup | |
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CPU |
Intel 3.46EE |
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Motherboards |
Intel 925XE Reference |
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Power Supply |
Antec 480 watt |
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Memory |
2x512MB Corsair Micro DDR2-533 @ 3-3-3-8 |
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Hard Drive |
250 GB Maxtor 7200 RPM SATA |
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Sound Card |
Creative Labs Live! |
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Video Card |
ATI X800 XT PCI Express |
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Video Drivers |
ATI Catalyst 4.9 |
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DirectX Version |
DX 9.0c |
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Operating System |
Windows XP w/ Service Pack 1 |
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Intel 925X Test System Setup | |
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CPU |
Intel 3.4EE |
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Motherboards |
Intel 925X Reference |
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Power Supply |
Antec 480 watt |
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Memory |
2x512MB Corsair Micro DDR2-533 @ 4-4-4-12 |
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Hard Drive |
250 GB Maxtor 7200 RPM SATA |
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Sound Card |
Creative Labs Live! |
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Video Card |
ATI X800 XT PCI Express |
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Video Drivers |
ATI Catalyst 4.9 |
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DirectX Version |
DX 9.0c |
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Operating System |
Windows XP w/ Service Pack 1 |
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AMD K8T800 Pro Test System Setup | |
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CPU |
Athlon 64 FX-55 |
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Motherboards |
MSI K8T Neo2 K8T800 Pro |
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Power Supply |
Antec 480 watt |
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Memory |
2x512MB Corsair Micro DDR500 @ 2-3-3-6 |
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Hard Drive |
250 GB Maxtor 7200 RPM SATA |
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Sound Card |
Creative Labs Live! |
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Video Card |
ATI X800 XT AGP |
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Video Drivers |
ATI Catalyst 4.9 |
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DirectX Version |
DX 9.0c |
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Operating System |
Windows XP w/ Service Pack 1 |
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AMD nForce4 Ultra Test System Setup | |
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CPU |
Athlon 64 FX-53 |
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Motherboards |
NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Reference |
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Power Supply |
Antec 480 watt |
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Memory |
2x512MB Kingston HyperX 4300 DDR @ 2-3-3-6 |
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Hard Drive |
250 GB Maxtor 7200 RPM SATA |
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Sound Card |
Creative Labs Live! |
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Video Card |
ATI X800 XT PCI Express |
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Video Drivers |
ATI Catalyst 4.9 |
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DirectX Version |
DX 9.0c |
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Operating System |
Windows XP w/ Service Pack 1 |
The benchmarks used were:
- SiSoft Sandra 2004 SP1
- AIDA32
- Cachemem
- Quake III: Arena
