Below is the test system we ran our tests on for the main reference point.
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CPU
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
Motherboard
ATI Xpress 200 CrossFire Edition
Memory
2 GB Crucial Ballistix DDR400 - 4 x 512 MB
HDD
Western Digital Raptors 74 GB
Video Card 1
ATI X850XT CrossFire Edition PCI-E 256 MB DDR3
Video Card 2
ATI X850XT, ATI X850XTPE PCI-E 256 MB DDR3
CPU Cooler
Stock AMD Heatsnik and Fan
Power Supply
Enermax EG851AX 660W
OS
Windows XP Pro SP2
The THG Reference System
Below is the test system we ran our tests on for the main reference point.
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CPU
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI (939 nForce4 SLI)
Memory
2 GB Corsair DDR550 @ 400 MHz - 4 x 512 MB
HDD
Western Digital Raptors 74 GB
Video Card 1
GeForce 7800 GTX (NVIDIA Reference)
Video Card 2
GeForce 7800 GTX (NVIDIA Reference)
CPU Cooler
Zalman CU-CNPS 7700-CU
Power Supply
Enermax EG851AX 660W
OS
Windows XP Pro SP2
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