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Interactive Buddy
Unwind on your interactive buddy: Do anything you want to him, it will earn you money, and you can buy other stuff to torture him with.
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More Mindless Violence
Basic shooting game, but still so powerful! Use the mouse to take aim and shoot at the little beasties before they get to you. Use Space to reload....
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| Test System | |
|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
2.13 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache, FSB1066 |
| Memory | 2x 512 MB Dual Channel DDR2-800
Corsair XMS2 CM2X512-8500 CL5.0-5-5-15 Timings |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Raptor-X, WD1500ADFD
150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB buffer, Serial ATA/150 |
| Power Supply | Zalman ZM600-HP 600W |
| Software | |
| OS | Windows XP Professional
Build 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
Benchmarks
| Benchmarks | |
|---|---|
| Audio | |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.97 Beta 2 (12-22-2005)
Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 Minutes, Wave to MP3 160kbps |
| OGG | Version 1.1.2 (P4 Mod)
Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 Minutes, Wave to OGG Quality: 5 |
| Video | |
| TMPEG 3.0 Express | Version 3.0.4.24 (No Audio)
First 5 minutes of Terminator II SE (704x576) 16:9 Multithreading by Rendering |
| DivX 6.2 | Version 6.2.2
Profile: High Definition Profile 1-pas, 3000 kb/s Encoding Mode: Insane Quality Enhanced Multithreading No Audio |
| XviD 1.1.0 | Version 1.1.0 Beta 2
Target qantizer: 1.00 |
| Applications | |
| 3D Studio Max | Version 8
"Dragon_Character_Rig" Rendering: HDTV 1920x1080 |
| Synthetics | |
| PCMark05 Pro | Version 1.1.0
System, CPU and Memory Tests Windows Media Player 10 (10.00.00.3646) Windows Media Encoder 9 (9.00.00.2980) |
| SiSoft Sandra 2005 | Version 2005.7.10.60
CPU Test = Arithmetic & Multimedia Benchmarks Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
We decided not to run game benchmarks as these are mostly limited by processor performance and graphics performance. Running a high-end mainstream or even a high-end graphics card at a 1280x1024 resolution would result in virtually the same 3D performance for all candidates.
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