The Dual Graphics Platform Battle, Part 1

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System Hardware
Socket 939 Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ (Italy 90 nm, 2.4 GHz, 2 x 1 MB L2 Cache)
Platform I Asus A8N32-SLI (Socket 939), Rev. 1.01NVIDIA nForce 4 X16, BIOS 0502
Platform II Asus A8R-MVP (Socket 939), Rev. 1.02GATI Radeon Xpress 200 Crossfire Edition, BIOS 0201
RAM Corsair CM72SD512RLP-32002x 512 MB DDR400 (200 MHz, CL2-2-2-5, 1T)
Hard Drive I Western Digital WD740 Raptor74 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA150
Hard Drive II Western Digital WD3200JD320 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA150
Networking Broadcom BCM5751 PCI-Express GbE 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 ATI Catalyst 5.1
Graphics Driver ATI Catalyst 5.11
Platform Drivers NVIDIA nForce4 6.82 X16
Graphics Driver NVIDIA ForceWare 81.85
Platform Drives Hyperion Pro 5.04
Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
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.