System Performance
For our benchmarks, I tested the Digital Storm Twister Extreme against two different testing configurations. For our gaming tests, we used our 3-Way SLI test configuration from our first article on the technology that differs in the fact that it uses a dual-core processor rather than a quad-core CPU. For our general system performance tests the DS system is going up against our standard CPU testing configuration from our recent AMD Phenom and Intel QX9770 reviews.Testing Configuration
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Digital Storm Test System Setup |
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CPU |
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Motherboards |
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Memory |
Corsair TWIN2X2048-8500C4 |
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Hard Drive |
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Sound Card |
On-board
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Video Card |
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Video Drivers |
NVIDIA Forceware 169.18 Beta
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| Power Supply | PC Power and Cooling 1000 watt |
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DirectX Version |
DX10
/ DX9c
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit |
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3-Way SLI Test System Setup |
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CPU |
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Motherboards |
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Memory |
Corsair TWIN2X2048-8500C4 |
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Hard Drive |
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Sound Card |
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value |
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Video Card |
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Video Drivers |
NVIDIA Forceware 169.18 Beta
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| Power Supply | PC Power and Cooling 1000 watt |
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DirectX Version |
DX10
/ DX9c
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit |
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Intel CPU System Setup |
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CPU |
QX9770 – 3.2 GHz / 1600 FSB
QX9650 – 3.0 GHz / 1333 FSB QX6850 – 3.0 GHz / 1333 FSB Q9450 – 2.66 GHz / 1333 FSB |
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Motherboards |
Asus P5E3 Deluxe
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Memory |
2GB Corsair DDR3-1066
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Hard Drive |
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Sound Card |
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value |
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Video Card |
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
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Video Drivers |
NVIDIA Forceware 169.18 Beta
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| Power Supply | PC Power and Cooling 1000 watt |
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DirectX Version |
DX10
/ DX9c
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit |
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- SiSoft Sandra XII
- PCMark Vantage
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