Test Setup
by
Uwe Scheffel
All specifications below refer solely to the performance test that also influences the evaluation.
| Common Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processors | 2x Intel Xeon 3.06 GHz w/ 1 MB L3 cache (HT disabled on Win2k) |
| Harddisks | 2x Seagate Barracuda SATA V 120 GB operated in RAID0 Stripeset |
| ATi OpenGL cards | FireGL T2-128
FireGL X1-128 FireGL Z1-128 FireGL X2-256 |
| NVIDIA/PNY OpenGL cards | Quadro FX 500
Quadro FX 1000 Quadro FX 2000 Quadro FX 3000 |
| Platform 1 | |
| Motherboard | Intel SE7505VB2 (E7505 chipset, 133 MHz FSB) |
| System Memory | 1 GB, 2x 512 MB Infineon PC2700 ECC RAM operated at DDR266 on E7505 |
| Benchmarks run on platform 1 | Viewperf, Solidworks, Maya |
| Platform 2 | |
| Motherboard | Asus PC-DL (i875P chipset, 133 MHz FSB) |
| System Memory | 1 GB, 2x 512 MB Kingston HyperX KHX4000K2/1G PC4000 RAM operated at DDR333 on i875P |
| Benchmarks run on platform 2 | 3dsm |
| Drivers & Settings | |
| ATI FireGL series | 6.14.10.6343 and FireGL 3dsm plugin |
| NVIDIA Quadro FX series | 6.14.10.4471 for standard tests |
| 3dsm drivers for Quadro FX series | Maxtreme 3dsm plugin 4.00.29 with driver v45.28 |
| Resolution | 1280x1024x32, Vsync=off |
| Operating System | Windows 2000 Professional SP4 |
| Benchmarks | |
| Viewperf (synthetic) | SPECopc Viewperf 7.1a |
| Solidworks (Application) | SPECapc Solidworks 2003 SP0.0 benchmark |
| 3D Studio Max (Application) | SPECapc 3DSMAX 4.2.6 benchmark |
| Maya (Application) | SPECapx Maya 5.0 benchmark |
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