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12:06 PM - November 7, 2005 by
Patrick Schmid
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: single
Syndication:
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: single
Syndication:
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Test Setup
| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processors | AMD Opteron 248
(Sledgehammer 130 nm, 2.2 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) AMD Opteron 275
|
| Platform | Asus K8N-DL (Socket 940), Rev. 1.03
NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200, BIOS 1006 |
| RAM I | Corsair CM72SD512RLP-3200
2x 512 MB DDR-400 (200 MHz, CL3-3-3-8, 1T) |
| RAM II | Crucial 18VDDF12872G-40BD3
2x 1024 MB DDR-400 (200 MHz, CL3-3-3-8, 1T) |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital WD740 Raptor
74 GB, 10,000 rpm, 8 MB Cache, SATA150 |
| Networking | Broadcom BCM5751 PCI-Express Gb controller |
| Graphics Card | Extreme N7800GT/2DHTV (PCI Express)
GeForce 7800GT (400 MHz), 256 MB GDDR3 (500 MHz) |
| Power Supply | Enermax EG565P-VE, ATX 2.01, 535 W |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Platform Drivers | NVIDIA nForce4 6.66 AMD Edition |
| Graphics Driver | NVIDIA ForceWare 81.85 |

Benchmarks And Settings
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| Video | |
| Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus | Version: 9.4.3
from: 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MB to: 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MB Encoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2/DVD no Audio |
| Auto Gordian Knot
DivX 6 XviD 1.1 |
Version: 2.16
Audio = AC3 6ch Custom size = 100 MB Resolution settings = Fixed width Codec = XviD and DivX 5 Audio = CBR MP3, kbps 192 182 MB VOB MPEG2-source |
| Windows Media Encoder | Version: 9.00.00.2980
720x480 DV to WMV 320x240 (29.97 fps) 282 kbps streaming |
| Audio | |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.97.1 Multi-threaded Alpha
Wave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp3 32 - 320 kbit VBR = level 3 |
| libvorbis OGG | Version: 1.0.1
WAV 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to ogg quality = 5 |
| Applications | |
| WinRAR | Version 3.51
283 MB, 246 Files Compression = Best Dictionary = 4096 kB |
| 3DS Max 7 | Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"
1600x1200 Rendering Single |
| Cinema 4D | Version R9
Lanz.c4d 800x600 |
| Cinebench | Version 2003
Rendering |
| Lightwave 3D | Version 8.2
Variatons.lws |
| POV-Ray | Version 3.7
Skyvase.pov 4800x3600 |
| Synthetic | |
| PCMark 2005 Pro | Version: 1.1.0
System, CPU and Memory Tests |
| SiSoftware Sandra Pro | Version 2005, SR2
CPU Test I = CPU Arithmetic Benchmark CPU Test II = Multimedia Benchmark Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
| ScienceMark | Version 2.0
All Tests |
- Previous page Memory: Registered DDR400 W/ ECC
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