Dual Graphics Platforms, Part II

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Test Setup

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System Hardware
Socket 939 Processors AMD Athlon 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, BIOS 0201
Platform III VIA K8T900 (Socket 939), Rev. 1.0VIA K8T900, BIOS 59257
Platform IV MSI RD480Neo2, Rev. 1.AATI Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire, BIOS 080012
Platform V DFI LANParty RDX200 CF-DR, Rev.ATI Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire, BIOS 10/18/2005
RAM I Corsair CM72SD512RLP-32002 x 512 MB DDR-400 (200 MHz, CL3-3-3-8, 1T)
RAM II Crucial 18VDDF12872G-40BD32 x 1024 MB DDR-400 (200 MHz, CL3-3-3-8, 1T)
Hard Drive I Western Digital WD740 Raptor74 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA150
Hard Drive II Seagate NL35, ST3400832NS400 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA150
Networking Broadcom BCM5751 PCI-Express Gb 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 5.1
Platform Drivers NVIDIA nForce4 6.82 X16
Graphics Driver NVIDIA ForceWare 81.85
Platform Drivers ULi Integrated Driver 2.1
Platform Drives Hyperion Pro 5.04
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.