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Test Setup
3:47 AM - October 19, 2007 by
Patrick Schmid
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: truth, pc, power, consumption
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Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: truth, pc, power, consumption
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Test Setup
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| CPU I | AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (65nm; 2600 MHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) |
| CPU II | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 (65nm; 2130 MHz, 2 MB L2 Cache) |
| Motherboard I | Asus Crosshair, Rev: 1.04 |
| Motherboard II | Foxconn Mars, Rev: A.03
Chipset: Intel P35, BIOS 21.09.2007 |
| RAM | Corsair CM2X1024-8888C4D
2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 5-5-5-15 2T) |
| Hard Disk Drive | Samsung HD321KJ
320 GB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/300 |
| DVD-ROM | Samsung SH-S183 |
| Graphics Card | Gigabyte GV-NX86S256H
GPU: Geforce 8600 GTS (675 MHz) RAM: 256 MB GDDR3 (1450 MHz) |
| Sound Card | Integrated |
| Power Supply | Sky Hawk Power One GM570PC
ATX 2.01, 570 W |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Platform Drivers AMD | Version 9.35 |
| Platform Drivers Intel | Version 8.3.1013 |
| Graphics Drivers Nvidia | Forceware 162.18 |
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (65 nm) W/ Asus M2 Crosshair (nForce 590 SLI Chipset)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 W/ Foxconn Mars (Intel P35 Chipset)

Benchmarks And Settings
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| Sysmark 2007 Preview | Version 1.01
Official Run |
| Synthetics | |
| 3DMark06 | Version: 1.1.0
default run |
| PCMark05 Pro | Version: 1.2.0
CPU and Memory Tests Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646 Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980 |
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