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Test Setup
7:56 AM - November 13, 2006 by
Thomas Soderstrom
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: shootout, core, 2, corral
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Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: shootout, core, 2, corral
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Test Setup
| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Socket 775 Processors | Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
(Conroe 65 nm, 2.67 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache) |
| RAM | 2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4.0-4-4-8)
Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 XMS6404v1.1 |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital WD1500ADFD-00NLR1
150 GB, 10.000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150 (Firmware 20.07P20) |
| Graphics Card | Connect3D X1900XTX VIVO, P/N: 3055
ATI Radeon X1900XTX - 512 MB |
| Power Supply | OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI - 700W |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Platform Drivers | 8.0.1.1006 |
| Graphics Driver | ATI Catalyst 6.8 |

Connect3D's X1900XTX ensured that each platform could reach its full performance potential in games.

Most applications see some benefit from low memory latencies, and Corsair's XMS2 performed flawlessly.

With 16 MB of cache and a 10,000 RPM spindle speed, Western Digital's 150 GB Raptor allowed applications and game maps to load quickly.
Benchmarks And Settings
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| 3D-Games | |
| Call of Duty 2 | Version: 1.03
Video Mode: 1024x768 Anti-aliasing: off Shadows: no timedemo demo2 |
| F.E.A.R | Version: 1.0 Retail
Video Mode: 1024x768 Computer: Medium Graphics: Medium Test Path: Options/Performance/Test Settings |
| Quake 4 | Version: 1.2 (Dual-Core Patch)
Video Mode: 1024x768 Video Quality: default THG Timedemo waste.map timedemo demo8.demo 1 (1 = load textures) |
| Audio | |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.97 Beta 2 (12-22-2005)
Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min wave to mp3 160 kbps |
| OGG | Version 1.1.2 (Intel P4 MOD)
Version 1.1.2 (Intel AMD MOD) Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min wave to ogg Quality: 5 |
| Video | |
| TMPEG 3.0 Express | Version: 3.0.4.24 (no Audio)
fist 5 Minutes DVD Terminator 2 SE (704x576) 16:9 Multithreading by rendering |
| DivX 6.2 | Version: 6.2.2 (4 Logical CPUs)
Profile: High Definition Profile 1-pass, 3000 kbit/s Encoding mode: Insane Quality Enhanced multithreading no Audio |
| XviD 1.1.0 | Version: 1.1.0 Beta 2
Target qantizer: 1.00 |
| Applications | |
| Autodesk 3D Studio Max | Version: 8.0
Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig" rendering HTDV 1920x1080 |
| Synthetics | |
| PCMark05 Pro | Version: 1.1.0
System, CPU and Memory Tests Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646 Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980 |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2005 | Version 2005.7.10.60
CPU Test = Arithmetic, Multimedia Benchmarks Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
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