Partnership
  • MSI is the official motherboard sponsor for Overdrive, providing Nehalem and P45 platforms for the Championship.
  • HyperX DDR3 modules are specifically engineered and designed to meet the rigorous requirements of PC enthusiasts.HyperX modules rated at DDR3-2000+are used in the Overdrive Championship
  • Samsung Hard Drives and Optical Drives - The Center of Innovation
  • 1,000 W modular 80plus high-efficiency EVEREST 1010 power supplies used for the Overdrive Championship.
  • Logitech's G11 gaming keyboard offers illuminated keys and 18 configurable multi-purpose keys plus a USB hub. The G5 Laser Mouse allows adjustable weight and up to 2000 dpi sensitivity for maximum precision.
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Test Setup

Setup For USB 2.0 And Storage Benchmarks
System Hardware
Socket 775 Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (Conroe 65 nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache)
Motherboard MSI P35 Platinum-FI
Chipset: Intel P35, BIOS: 2007/05/02
Common Hardware
RAM 2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 3.0-4-3-9)
Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 XMS6403v1.1
Graphics Card HIS X1900XTX IceQ3
GPU: ATI Radeon X1900XTX (650 MHz)
RAM: 512 MB GDDR3 (1550 MHz)
Hard Drive I (read) 1x 150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150
Western Digital WD1500ADFD
Hard Drive II (write) 1x 150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150
Western Digital WD1500ADFD
DVD-ROM Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x)
Software
ATI Graphics Catalyst Suite 7.4
Intel Chipset Version 8.3.0.1013
Intel Matrix Storage Version: 7.5.0.1014
DirectX Version: 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
OS Windows XP, Build 2600 SP2
Setup For Performance Benchmarks
System Hardware
RAM I (DDR3) Corsair DDR3-1066 (CL7.0-7-7-21)
CM3X1024-1066C7 ES
RAM II (DDR2) Aeneon X-Tune DDR2-1066 (CL5.0-5-5-12)
AXT76UD00-19DC97X
Hard Drive I (Read) 1x 150 GB 10.000 RPM, 16 MB Cache, SATA/150
Western Digital WD1500ADFD
Hard Drive II (Write) 1x 150 GB 10.000 RPM, 16 MB Cache, SATA/150
Western Digital WD1500ADFD
DVD-ROM Samsung SH-D163A , SATA150
Graphics Card Foxconn GeForce 8800 GTX
GPU: 575 MHz
Speicher: 786 MB DDR4
Sound Card Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
Power Supply Zalman, ATX 2.01, 510 Watt
System Software & Drivers
OS Windows Vista Enterprise Version 6.0 (Build 6000)
Windows Search disabled
Super Fetch disabled
DirectX 10 DirectX 10 (Vista default)
DirectX 9 Version: April 2007
Sound Drivers Vista Driver 2.13.0012 (15.03.2007)
Graphics Drivers Nvidia ForceWare Version 158.24 (32 Bit) WHQL
Intel Chipset Drivers (P965) Version 8.2.0.1014 (08.05.2007)
Intel Chipset Drivers (P35) Version 8.3.0.1013 (05.03.2007)
Intel Storage Drivers Matrix-Storage Manager 7.0.0.1020
Java Java Runtime Environment 6.0 Update 1

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