System Setup and Benchmarks
Our testing setup involved a move to the new Intel P35 chipset — the first Intel chipset with official 1333 MHz front-side bus support. I used the new Gigabyte P35-DQ6 motherboard with which we have had great overclocking success.
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Intel Core 2 Test System Setup | |
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CPU |
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 @ 3.0 GHz / 1333 FSB |
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Motherboards |
Gigabyte P35-DQ6 |
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Memory |
Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 |
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Hard Drive |
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Sound Card |
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value |
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Video Card |
ATI X1900 XTX |
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Video Drivers |
Catalyst 7.5 |
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DirectX Version |
DX 10 |
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit |
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AMD Test System Setup | |
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CPU |
AMD Athlon FX-62 AM2 |
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Motherboards |
NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI |
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Memory |
Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 |
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Hard Drive |
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Sound Card |
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value |
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Video Card |
ATI X1900 XTX |
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Video Drivers |
Catalyst 7.5 |
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DirectX Version |
DX10 |
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit |
Benchmarks:
- SiSoft Sandra XI
- 3DMark06
- PCMark05
- CineBench 9.5
- WinRAR 3.7 Beta 8
- Windows Media Encoder x64
- LAME MT 3.97a MP3 encoder
- POV Ray 3.7 Beta 20b
- Valve Source VRAD map build benchmark
- Valve Source particle benchmark
