Testing Setup and Methodology
Testing in this article was done with the following systems:
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AMD Socket 754 Test System Setup | |
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CPU |
Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0 GHz) |
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Motherboards (Chipsets) |
EPoX 8NPA SLI (nForce 4) |
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Power Supply |
Antec 430 Watt TruePower and Seasonic S12 600W |
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Memory |
2x512MB Corsair CMX512 PC3500 |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital 120GB WD1200 SATA |
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Sound Card |
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Music Xtreme |
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Video Card |
BFG 6600GT OC 128MB (for EPoX 8NPA SLI) |
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AMD Socket 939 Test System Setup | |
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CPU |
Athlon 64 FX-53 (2.4 GHz) |
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Motherboards (Chipsets) |
EPoX EP-9NPA+SLI |
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Power Supply |
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Memory |
2x512MB Corsair CMX512 PC3500 |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital 120GB WD1200 SATA |
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Sound Card |
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Music Xtreme |
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Video Card |
BFG 6600GT 128MB OC |
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Intel LGA775 Test System Setup | |
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CPU |
Intel Pentium 4 560E (3.6 GHz) |
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Motherboard (Chipset) |
Asus P5GD2 (Intel 915P) |
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Power Supply |
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Memory |
2x512MB Corsair CMX512 PC3500 |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital 120GB WD1200 SATA |
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Sound Card |
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Music Xtreme |
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Video Card |
BFG 6600GT 128MB OC |
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