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1:04 PM - 06/27/2005 by Patrick Schmid

Processor
CPU	AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 (2.8 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache)
Memory
AMD Platform (DDR400)	2x 512 MB - DDR400 (200 MHz) Corsair Pro Series CMX512-3200XL (XMS3208 V1.1) (CL2.0-2-2-5-1T @ 200 MHz)
Intel Platform (DDR2-667)	2x 512 MB - DDR2-667 (333 MHz) Corsair CM2X512A-5400UL (XMS5400 V1.2) (CL3-2-2-8-1T @ 333 MHz)
Motherboards
AMD Platform	Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe (Rev. 1.02, BIOS 1011) NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Chipset
Intel Platform	Asus P5ND2-SLI (Rev. 1.02, BIOS 0601) NVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition SLI Chipset
System Hardware
Graphics Card (PCIe)	NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT (Reference Board) GPU: NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT (350 MHz) Memory: 256 MB DDR-SDRAM (500 MHz)
Hard Drive	Western Digital WD740 Raptor 74 GB, 8 MB Cache, 10000 rpm
Network	integrated NVIDIA GbE LAN
DVD-ROM	Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x)
Power Supply	Tagan TG480-U01, ATX 2.0, 480 W
Software
Chipset Drivers	NVIDIA Forceware 6.53
Processor Driver	AMD CPU Driver 1.1.0.18
Graphics Driver	NVIDIA Forceware 71.84
DirectX	Version: 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
OS	Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2

Benchmarks And Settings

Benchmarks and Settings
OpenGL
Doom III	Version: 1.0.1262 1280x1024, 32 Bit Video Quality = High Quality demo1 Graphics detail = High Quality
Wolfenstein	Version: 2.56 (Patch V 1.02)
Enemy Territory	1280x1024, 32 Bit timedemo 1 / demo demo4 Geometric detail = high Texture detail = high
DirectX 8
Unreal Tournament 2004	Version: 3204 1280x1024, 32 Bit, Audio = off THG8-assault-single
3DMark2003	Version 3.6.0 1024x786, 32 Bit Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark
DirectX 9
FarCry	Version 1.1 Build 1256 1280x1024 - 32 Bit qualtity options = High
3DMark 2005	Version 1.0 1024x786, 32 Bit Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark
Video
Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus	Version: 9.4.1 from: 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MB to: 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MB Encoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2/DVD no Audio
Auto Gordian Knot DivX 5.2.1 XviD 1.0.3	Version: 1.95 Audio = AC3 6ch Custom size = 100 MB Resulution settings = Fixed width Codec = XviD and DivX 5 Audio = CBR MP3, kbps 192 182 MB VOB MPEG2-source
Windows Media Encoder	Version: 9.00.00.2980 720x480 DV to WMV 320x240 (29.97 fps) 282 kBps streaming
Audio
Lame MP3	Version 3.97.1 Multi-threaded Alpha Wave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp3 32 - 320 kbit VBR = level 3
Applications
WinRAR	Version 3.40 283 MB, 246 Files Compression = Best Dictionary = 4096 kB
3DS Max 7	Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig" 1600x1200 Rendering Single
Synthetic
PCMark 2004 Pro	Version: 1.3.0 CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra Pro	Version 2005, SR1 CPU Test = Multimedia Benchmark Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark
ScienceMark	Version 2.0 All Tests

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