System Setup and Test Methods
Our test system setup for the Fatal1ty AA8XE motherboard was the same as we have used in our single motherboard reviews here in the past, including the initial 925XE chipset launch. You may notice that I did not include as many benchmarks this time around — I did so at the request of a few readers who mentioned to me that perhaps showing 14 different benchmarks that stress the same components and show the same results may be a bit over kill. I welcome any and all comments, so if you have anything you’d like to see or not like to see, please let me know.
Intel Test System Setup | |
CPU |
Intel 3.46EE |
Motherboards |
Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE |
Power Supply |
Antec 480 watt |
Memory |
2x512MB Corsair Micro DDR2-533 @ 3-3-3-8 |
Hard Drive |
250 GB Maxtor 7200 RPM SATA |
Sound Card |
Creative Labs Live! |
Video Card |
ATI X800 XT PCI Express |
Video Drivers |
ATI Catalyst 4.12 |
DirectX Version |
DX 9.0c |
Operating System |
Windows XP w/ Service Pack 1 |
AMD Test System Setup | |
CPU |
Athlon 64 4000+ |
Motherboards |
NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Reference |
Power Supply |
Antec 480 watt |
Memory |
2x512MB Kingston HyperX 4300 DDR @ 2-3-3-6 |
Hard Drive |
250 GB Maxtor 7200 RPM SATA |
Sound Card |
Creative Labs Live! |
Video Card |
ATI X800 XT PCI Express |
Video Drivers |
ATI Catalyst 4.12 |
DirectX Version |
DX 9.0c |
Operating System |
Windows XP w/ Service Pack 1 |