Parallel Processing, Part 1: CPU Cores
Features
By
Patrick Schmid
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Test Setup
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| Platform | |
|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 (65 nm ; 2000 MHz, 2 MB L2 Cache) |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 (65 nm ; 2933 MHz, 4 MB L2 Cache) |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo QX6700 (65 nm ; 2666 MHz, 2x4 MB L2 Cache) |
| Motherboard | DFI LANParty UT P35-T2R, Rev : A.03Chipset : Intel P35, BIOS 23.08.2007 |
| RAM | Corsair CM2X1024-8888C4D2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4-4-4-12, 2T) |
| Hard Disk Drive (read) | Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150 |
| Hard Disk Drive (write) | Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150 |
| DVD-ROM | Samsung SH-S183 |
| Graphics Card | Zotac GeForce 8800 GTSGPU : Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS (500 MHz)RAM : 320 MB GDDR3 (1600 MHz) |
| Sound Card | Integrated |
| Power Supply | Enermax EG565P-VEATX 2.01, 510 Watt |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Platform Drivers Intel | Version 8.3.1013 |
| Graphics Drivers Nvidia | Forceware 162.18 |
Benchmarks And Settings
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| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| 3D-Games | |
| Call Of Duty 2 | Version : 1.3 RetailVideo Mode : 1280x960Anti Aliasing : offGraphics Card : mediumTimedemo demo2 |
| Prey | Version : 1.3Video Mode : 1280x1024Video Quality : game defaultVsync = offBenchmark : THG-Demo |
| Quake 4 | Version : 1.2 (Dual-Core Patch)Video Mode : 1280x1024Video Quality : highTHG Timedemo waste.maptimedemo demo8.demo 1 (1 = load textures) |
| Audio | |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.98 Beta 5Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 minwave to mp3160 kbps |
| Video | |
| TMPEG 3.0 Express | Version : 3.0.4.24 (no Audio)fist 5 Minutes DVD Terminator 2 SE (704x576) 16:9Multithreading by rendering |
| DivX 6.7 | Version : 6.7 (4 Logical CPUs)Profile : High Definition Profile1-pass, 3000 kbit/sEncoding mode : Insane QualityEnhanced multithreadingno Audio |
| XviD 1.1.3 | Version : 1.1.3Target quantizer : 1.00 |
| Mainconcept H.264 v2 | Version 2.1260 MB MPEG-2 source (1920x1080) 16:9Codec : H.264Mode : NTSCAudio : AACProfile : HighStream : Program |
| Applications | |
| WinRAR | Version 3.70(303 MB, 47 Files, 2 Folders)Compression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB |
| Autodesk 3D Studio Max | Version : 8.0Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"rendering HTDV 1920x1080 |
| Cinebench | Version : R101 CPU, x CPU run |
| Synthetics | |
| PCMark05 Pro | Version : 1.2.0CPU and Memory TestsWindows Media Player 10.00.00.3646Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980 |
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Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)
Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.
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