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7:18 AM - November 29, 2006 by Darren E. Polkowski

Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Conroe

eVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR

Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D Test Setup

Here is the system we have been using the entire year :

System Hardware
Processor(s)	AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 2.6 GHz, 1.0 GHz HT-Link, 1 MB L2 cache
Platform	Nvidia : Asus AN832-SLI Premium Nvidia nForce4 SLI, BIOS version 1205
RAM	Corsair CMX1024-4400Pro 2x 1024 MB @ DDR400 (CL3.0-4-4-8)
Hard Drive	Western Digital Raptor, WD1500ADFD 150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA150
Networking	On-Board nForce4 Gigabit Ethernet
Graphics Cards
ATI Based Card	ATI Radeon X1950XTX 512 MB GDDR4 650 MHz Core 1,000 MHz Memory (2.00 GHz DDR)
Nvidia Based Cards	Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX 768 MB GDDR3 575 MHz Core 1,350 GHz Streaming Processor 900 MHz Memory (1.80 GHz DDR) XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640 MB GDDR3 500 MHz Core 1,200 GHz Streaming Processor 800 MHz Memory (1.60 GHz DDR) Nvidia GeForce 7900GTX 512 MB GDDR3 675 MHz Core 820 MHz Memory (1.64 GHz DDR)
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1,000W
CPU Cooler	Zalman CNPS9700 LED
System Software & Drivers
OS	Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
DirectX Version	9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Graphics Driver(s)	ATI - Catalyst 6.10 WHQL NVIDIA - Forceware 96.94 Beta

We have upgraded the platform to the following setup :

System Hardware
Processor(s)	Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Conroe 2.93 GHz, 1,066 MHz FSB, 32 kB+32 kB L1 , 4 MB L2
Platform	eVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR, LGA 775 Nvidia nForce 680i SLI, BIOS version 2.053.57
RAM	Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D 2x 1024 MB DDR2 @ 800 MHz (CL5-5-5-15)
Hard Drive	Western Digital Raptor, WD1500ADFD 150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA150
Networking	On-Board nForce4 Gigabit Ethernet
Graphics Cards
ATI Based Card	ATI Radeon X1950XTX 512 MB GDDR4 650 MHz Core 1,000 MHz Memory (2.00 GHz DDR)
Nvidia Based Cards	Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX 768 MB GDDR3 575 MHz Core 1,350 GHz Streaming Processor 900 MHz Memory (1.80 GHz DDR) XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640 MB GDDR3 500 MHz Core 1,200 GHz Streaming Processor 800 MHz Memory (1.60 GHz DDR) Nvidia GeForce 7900GTX 512 MB GDDR3 675 MHz Core 820 MHz Memory (1.64 GHz DDR)cc vc vc
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1,000W
CPU Cooler	Zalman CNPS9700 LED
System Software & Drivers
OS	Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
DirectX Version	9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Graphics Driver(s)	ATI - Catalyst 6.11 WHQL NVIDIA - Forceware 93.71 (7900GTX) NVIDIA - Forceware 97.02 (8800GTX & GTS)

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