Changing Of The Guard: Four Athlon Motherboards For DDR400
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Test Setup
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| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Athlon XP 2600+ |
| RAM | 512 MB PC3200 CL2.5, TwinMos |
| Hard Drive | IBM DeskStar 60GXP, IC35040, 40 GB, 7,200 rpm |
| Graphics Card | nVIDIA GeForce 4 TI 4600, 128 MB DDR |
| General Hardware | |
| Network Card | 3COM 3C905-TX |
| Hard Drive | 40 GB, 5T040H4, Maxtor, NTFSUDMA100 7200 rpm 2 MB Cache |
| Drivers, Softwares, Settings | |
| Graphics Driver | Detonator 4 Series Version 30.82 |
| Chipset and AGP Driver | VIA 4in1 4.42v |
| DirectX Version | 8.1 |
| Resolution | 1024x768x16, 85 HzWith SPECviewperf: 1280x1024x32, 85 Hz |
| OS | Windows XP Professional, Ver. 5.1.2600 |
| Benchmarks | |
| Quake III Arena | Retail Version 1.16command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail set to 'Normal'Benchmark using 'Q3DEMO1' |
| Unreal Tournament | Patch 4.26, UTBENCH-Demo |
| 3DMark2001 Pro | Build 200 - default Benchmark |
| PCMark2002 Pro | only CPU and Memory Bench (no Video Memory) |
| SiSoft Sandra 2001 | Professional Version 2001.3.7.50 |
| SPECviewperf | Version 7.0 |
| mpeg4 encoding | Xmpeg 4.5DivX 5.02 Pro (YV12)Compression/quality: SlowestData Rate: 780 kBitFormat: 720x576 Pixel@25 fps150 MB VOB file, no Audio |
| Sysmark 2002 | no Patch |
| Lame | Lame 3.91 MMX, SSE, SSE2, 3DNow! |
| WinACE | 2.11, 178 MB Wave file, Best Compression,Dictionary 4096 kB |
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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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