Four 975X Motherboards For Core 2 Duo

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Test Setup

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System Hardware
Socket 775 ProcessorsIntel Core 2 Duo E6700(Conroe 65 nm, 2.67 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache)
RAM I2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4.0-4-4-8)Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 XMS6404v1.1
RAM II2x 512 MB DDR2-1066Corsair CM2X512-8500 XMS8505v1.1
Hard Drive I1x 150 GB 10.000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150Western Digital WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 (Bios : 20.07P20)
Hard Drive II1x 150 GB 10.000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150Western Digital WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 (Bios : 20.07P20)
DVD-ROMGigabyte GO-D1600C (16x)
Graphics CardGigabyte GV-RX19X512VB-RHATI Radeon X1900XTX - 512 MB
Power SupplyPC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510, ATX 2.01, 510 W
System Software & Drivers
OSWindows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
DirectX Version9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Platform Drivers8.0.1.1002 (06/06/2006)
Graphics DriverATI Catalyst 6.5 (8.252-060503a-032464C-ATI)

Western Digital’s Raptor WD1500 runs at 10,000 RPM and offers a whopping 16 MB cache. Both help deliver high throughput and superior I/O performance in this test.

We used a Gigabyte GV-RX19X512VB-HRH, which comes with ATI’s Radeon X1900XTX 3D accelerator.

Corsair’s high-performance memory allows high memory clock speeds. In the case of these four 975X motherboards, we ran the DDR2 RAM at over DDR2-1066 (533 MHz).

Intel’s 975X chipset targets the high end of the PC market and thus will usually be paired with adequate components such as high-speed memory or an upscale graphics card. For this reason, we decided to run all motherboards with DDR2-800 and at overclocked DDR2-1066 memory speeds, because this is what the majority of customers will likely do.

Benchmarks And Settings

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Benchmarks and Settings
3D-Games
Call of Duty 2Version : 1.03Video Mode : 1024x768Anti-aliasing : offShadows : notimedemo demo2
Quake 4Version : 1.2 (Dual-Core Patch)Video Mode : 1024x768Video Quality : defaultTHG Timedemo waste.maptimedemo demo8.demo 1 (1 = load textures)
Serious Sam 2Version : 2.070Demo : Greendale1024x768HDR Rendering : offRenderer : Direct3DFilrering mode : noneAntialiasing mode : none
Audio
iTunes 6Version : 6.0.4.2Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 minConvert wav to aac
Lame MP3Version 3.97 Beta 2 (12-22-2005)Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 minwave to mp3160 kbps
OGGVersion 1.1.2 (Intel P4 MOD)Version 1.1.2 (Intel AMD MOD)Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 minwave to oggQuality : 5
Video
TMPEG 3.0 ExpressVersion : 3.0.4.24 (no Audio)fist 5 Minutes DVD Terminator 2 SE (704x576) 16:9Multithreading by rendering
DivX 6.2Version : 6.2.2 (4 Logical CPUs)Profile : High Definition Profile1-pass, 3000 kbit/sEncoding mode : Insane QualityEnhanced multithreadingno Audio
XviD 1.1.0Version : 1.1.0 Beta 3Target qantizer : 1.00
Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0Windows Media Encoder 9.1 APVersion : 2.0NTSC MPEG2-HDTV 1920x1080 (24 sec)Import : Mainconcept NTSC HDTV 1080iExport : Adobe Media EncoderWindows Media Video 9 Advanced ProfileEncoding Passes : oneBitrate Mode : ConstantFrame : 1290x1080Frame Rate : 29.97Maximum Bitrate [kbps] : 2000Image Quality : 50.00Audio : no
Applications
WinrarVersion 3.60 BETA 4 (Dual-Core)(303 MB, 47 Files, 2 Folders)Compression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB
Autodesk 3D Studio MaxVersion : 8.0Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"rendering HTDV 1920x1080
Adobe Photoshop CS 2Version : 9.0.1VT-Runtime ScriptRendering from 5 Pictures (66 MB, 7 Filters)
Adobe Acrobat 7 ProfessionalVersion : 7.0.8
Microsoft Office Word 2003Version : 11.6568.6568 SP2Adobe PDF-Maker950 pages Word file to PDFEnrcyption Level : High (128-bit RC4)Conversion Settings : High Quality Print
Synthetics
3DMark06Version : 1.021280x1024 - 32 bitGraphics and CPU Default Benchmark
PCMark05 ProVersion : 1.1.0CPU and Memory TestsWindows Media Player 10.00.00.3646Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980
SiSoftware Sandra 2007Version 2007.5.10.98Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark
EverestVersion : 2.50Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark