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12:03 PM - March 23, 2005 by
Patrick Schmid
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: asus, a8n
Topics: CeBIT, Overclocking
Syndication:
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: asus, a8n
Topics: CeBIT, Overclocking
Syndication:
Table of Contents:
Test Setup
| Processors | |
|---|---|
| 200 MHz FSB (DUAL DDR400) | AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 (2600 MHz) |
| Memory | |
| DDR400 | 2x 512 MB Corsiar
CMX512-3500C2 XMS3502v1.1 Timings: 2.0-2-2-5 |
| Common Hardware | |
| Graphics Cards | Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D |
| PCI Express | GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Memory: 128 MB GDDR3-SDRAM |
| Hard Drive | Maxtor MaxLine III 250 GB SATA 150
250 GB, 16 MB Cache, 7200 rpm |
| DVD/CD-ROM | Gigabyte GA-GO-D1600C |
| Software | |
| NVIDIA Graphic | Detonator 71.84 |
| NVIDIA Chipset Driver | Version 6.39 (2/04/2005) |
| DirectX | 9.0c |
| OS | Windows XP Professional, 5.1.2600
Service Pack 1 |

PEG Link Mode is an option that automatically overclocks the graphics card. Unlike in older BIOS versions, this option can now be completely disabled. We tried the normal, fast and faster settings.

Thanks to Corsair's low latency DDR400 DIMMs, we were able to run the Athlon 64's memory interface with ideal timings.
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