System Configuration and Tests Used

We are about to begin our benchmarks and performance testing of the Alienware Area 51 7500 gaming system. Testing in this article was done with the following configurations:

Alienware Area 51 7500

CPU

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 (2.66 GHz)

Chipset

NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI

Memory 

2x 1024MB DDR2 (5-5-5-16) – 800 MHz

Hard Drive

2x Western Digital 150GB 10K RPM Raptor

Sound Card

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Video Card

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB (576 / 900)

 

Custom Built nForce 680i

CPU

Intel Core 2 E6700 (2.66 GHz)
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Chipset

NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI

Memory 

2x 1024MB DDR2 (5-5-5-18) – 800 MHz

Hard Drive

Western Digital Raptor 150 GB – Review

Sound Card

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value

Video Card

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Tests used:

  • SiSoft Sandra 2007
  • Everest Ultimate Edition 2006
  • PCMark ’05
  • Science Mark v2.0
  • Cinebench v9.5
  • SPEC ViewPerf v8.1
  • 3DMark ’06
  • WorldBench
  • HDTach 3
  • Call of Duty 2
  • F.E.A.R.
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