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- AMD's Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition
- The Truth About PC Power Consumption
- Parallel Processing, Part 1: CPU Cores
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- $89 Pentium Dual Core that Runs at 3.2 GHz
- Can CPUs Make PCs Faster & Quieter?
- Extreme FSB 2: The Quad-Core Advantage?
- Extreme FSB: Taking the E6750 Beyond 4 GHz
- some SAD news to AMD fans.
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- How do you build a dual xeon system?
- 550 FSB!!!!
- Need some advice on how to set this up properly
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- HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - Guide v1.6.1
- Q6600 Temperatures + SpeedFan
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: dual, quad
Topics: Buyer's Guides, Overclocking
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Test Setup
Operating System: Windows Vista Enterprise
We have recently switched to a different version of Windows for our benchmarks. Now, all benchmarks at Tom's Guide are run on Windows Vista Enterprise. While this version is not available in stores, its performance results are identical to Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate. However, we were forced to make this switch, since this is the only version that offers an Open License. This License allows us to activate Windows Vista over the Internet repeatedly, without having to make calls to Microsoft's activation hotline each time.

Windows Vista Enterprise
Hardware Configuration
We have updated our testbed system with new components, such as the graphics card, sound card and hard drive, in order to offer our readers results based on a platform that is both current and practical.
Hardware Setup
| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| AMD Platform AM2
(Nvidia Nforce 5) |
Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe, Rev.1.03G
Nvidia nForce5, BIOS: 1001 (03/13/2007) |
| Intel Platform S775
(Intel P35) |
Gigabyte P35C-DS3R, Rev. 1.0
Intel P35, BIOS: F2o (05/11/2007) |
| Intel Platform S775
(Intel X38) |
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6, Rev. 1.0
Intel X38, BIOS: F4 (09/19/2007) |
| Memory | 2x 1 GB A-Data DDR2-1066+ Vitesta Extreme Edition |
| DVD-ROM | Samsung SH-D163A , SATA150 |
| Graphics Card | Foxconn Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX
GPU: 575 MHz Shader: 1350 MHz Video Memory: 786 MB DDR4 (900 MHz, 384 Bit) |
| Sound Card | Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer |
| Power Supply | Zalman, ATX 2.01, 510 Watt |

Graphics Card: Foxconn Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX

RAM: A-Data Vitesta 1066

Sound Card: Creative x-Fi Gamer

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE 3200 AAJS
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