Test Settings
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| Test System Configuration | |
|---|---|
| Via Nano DC CPU | VIA Nano DC Dual Core 1.80 GHz, QDR-800 FSB, 2 x 1 MB L2 Cache |
| Via Nano DC Motherboard | VIA VT8591B, DDR3-800/1066/1333 VN1000 Northbridge, VT8261 Southbridge, BIOS 080014 (8-27-2010) |
| Via Nano Graphics | Integrated S3 Chrome 520 IGP, 512 MB System RAM Driver Version 8.16.12.0019 |
| ION 2 CPU | Intel Atom D525 Dual Core with Hyper-Threading 1.80 GHz, QDR-800 FSB, 2 x 512 KB L2 Cache |
| ION 2 Motherboard | ASRock ION3D-ITX, DDR2-667/800 Northbridge on CPU, ICH8M Southbridge, BIOS L0.9 (09-06-2010) |
| ION 2 Graphics | Nvidia Next-Generation ION, 512 MB Discrete RAM GeForce 258.96 |
| ION CPU | Intel Atom 330 Dual Core with Hyper-Threading 1.60 GHz, QDR-533 FSB, 2 x 512 KB L2 Cache |
| ION Motherboard | ASRock A330ION, DDR3-800/1066 Nvidia ION Single-Component "Chipset," BIOS P1.40 (07-23-2010) |
| ION Graphics | Nvidia ION, 256 MB System RAM GeForce 258.96 |
| Core i3 CPU | Intel Core i3-530 Dual Core with Hyper-Threading 2.93 GHz, QPI, 4 MB L3 Cache |
| Core i3 Motherboard | Intel DH57JG, DDR3-800/1066/1333 Northbridge on CPU, H57 Southbridge, BIOS 0228 (1-25-2010) |
| Desktop Graphics | Intel HD Graphics, Max System RAM |
| DDR3 SDRAM | 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) Crucial DDR3-1333 at DDR3-1333 CAS 7-7-7-20, (Ion at DDR3-1066 CAS 6-6-6-12) |
| DDR2 SDRAM | 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) Crucial DDR2-800 at CAS 4-4-4-9 |
| Software | |
| OS | Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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As with Nvidia’s competing parts, VIA’s latest integrated GPU is designed only to support entry-level gaming. Yet there are few “World of Warcraft” addicts among our staff, and we’ve never found a good way to benchmark that game. Instead, we simply cranked the detail levels of our popular 3D titles down to the minimum settings, with the exception of DX10, which we left enabled.
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| Benchmark Configuration | |
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| 3D Games | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Campaign, Act III, Second Sun (45 sec. FRAPS) Lowest DX10 Settings (No AA) |
| Crysis | Patch 1.2.1, DirectX 10, 64-bit executable, benchmark tool Lowest DX10 Settings (No AA) |
| DiRT 2 | Run with -benchmark example_benchmark.xml Lowest DX10 Settings (No AA) |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call Of Pripyat | Call Of Pripyat Benchmark version Lowest DX10 Settings (No AA) |
| Audio/Video Encoding | |
| iTunes | Version:9.0.2.25 x64 Audio CD (Terminator II SE), 53 min Default format AAC |
| HandBrake 0.9.4 | Version 0.9.4, convert first .vob file from The Last Samurai (1 GB) to .mp4, High Profile |
| TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress | Version: 4.7.3.292 Import File: Terminator 2 SE DVD (5 Minutes) Resolution: 720x576 (PAL) 16:9 |
| DivX Codec 6.9.1 | Encoding mode: Insane Quality Enhanced multithreading enabled using SSE4 Quarter-pixel search |
| Xvid 1.2.2 | Display encoding status = off |
| MainConcept Reference 1.6.1 | MPEG2 to MPEG2 (H.264), MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec, 28 sec HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG2), Audio: MPEG2 (44.1 KHz, 2 Channel, 16-Bit, 224 Kb/s), Mode: PAL (25 FPS) |
| Productivity | |
| Adobe Photoshop CS4 | Version: 11.0 x64, Filter 15.7 MB TIF Image Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates |
| Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 | Version: 11.0 x64, Rendering Dragon Image at 1920x1080 (HDTV) |
| Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 9.0 | Version: 9.0.663, Virus base: 270.14.1/2407, Benchmark: Scan 334 MB Folder of ZIP/RAR compressed files |
| WinRAR 3.90 | Version x64 3.90, Dictionary = 4,096 KB, Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB) |
| 7-Zip | Version 4.65: Format=Zip, Compression=Ultra, Method=Deflate, Dictionary Size=32 KB, Word Size=128, Threads=8 Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB) |
| Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings | |
| 3DMark Vantage | Version: 1.0.1, GPU and CPU scores |
| PCMark Vantage | Version: 1.0.1.0 x64, System, Productivity, Hard Disk Drive benchmarks |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2010 | Version 2010.1.16.11, CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMedia, Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |