Six Dual Xeon Motherboards on the Cheap

Hardware Test Configuration

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Intel Processors (Socket 604)
133 MHz FSB (DUAL DDR266)Intel Xeon 3.06 GHz (3066 MHz, 12-8/512/1024 kB)
Memory
DDR400 (200 MHz)2 x 512 MB / 5ns / 64 Bit (Corsair)CMX512-3200LL (CL 2.0-3-2-6)
DDR400 (200 MHz)2 x 512 MB / 5ns / 64 Bit (Mushkin) REG ECCMS64D64020U-5 (CL 2.0-3-2-6)
Common Hardware
Sound CardTerratec Aureon 7.1 Space96.00 kHz sample rate
Graphics CardAsus A9800XT/TVD, Rev. 1.01GPU : ATI Radeon 9800XT, 412 MHz Chip ClockMemory : 256 MB DDR-SDRAM, 365 MHz Chip Clock
Hard DriveFastTrak S150 TX2plus (Bios : 1.00.0.30)2 x SATA Maxtor 6Y080M0 (Raid 0)80 GB / 8 MB Cache / 7200 rpm
DVD/CD-ROMMSI MS-8216 16x DVD
Software
ChipsetChipset Installation Utility Ver. 5.1.1.1002IAA RAID Edition 3.5.3
GrpahicsATI Catalyst XP 4.3 (Driver 6.14.10.6430)
Promise RAID1.00.0.37
DirectXVersion : 9b
OSWindows XP, Build 2600 SP1 (English)

Software Test Configuration

Benchmarks And Settings

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OpenGL
Quake III Team ArenaVersion 1.321024x768 - 32 bitTimedemo1 / demo thg3"custom timedemo"Graphics detail = Normal
DirectX 9a
3DMark 2003Version 3.4.0Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark1024 x 786 - 32 bit
Video
Mainconcept MPEG EncoderVersion 1.4.11.2 GB DV to MPEG II(720x576, Audio) converting
Pinnacle Studio 9Version : 9.0.0Rendering - DVD Compatibleno Audio
Windows Media Encoder 9Version : 9.00.00.2980436 MB AVI File conversion to WMVWindows Media Server (Streaming)
Microsoft Movie MakerVersion 2.0.3312.0416 MB DV to WMV
TMPGEnc PlusVersion 2.5211.2 GB DV to MPEG I(720x576, Audio) converting
audio
magix mp3 maker 2004 diamondVersion 4.11 Build 1959365 minutes/44.100 KHz wave file (688,4 MB)Format : MP3 High Quality
Syntrillum Cool Edit ProVersion 2.1Amplitude Normalizing2.6 GB Wave Audio file
Applications
Discreet 3D Studio Max 6.0Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"Rendering Single, 1024x768
WinrarVersion 3.30238 MB, 246 FilesCompression = BestDictionary = 4096 MB
Newtek LightwaveVersion 7.5c - Build 572Render First Frame = 1Render Last Frame = 60Render Frame Step = 1Rendering Bench "variation.lws"Show Rendering in Progress = 320x240Ray Trace Shadows, Reflection, Refraction,Transparency = onMultithreading = 8 Threads
Maxon Cinema 4D XL 8Version 8.503Rendering in 1024x768, "ship_dirt"
Microsoft Visual Studio .NETVersion 2003 (Enterprise Architect)Visual C++ : compiling Emule 0.42b
LIUtilities WinBackupVersion 1.84650 MB Wave fileEncryption : 256 Bit DES, Password "test"
Synthetische Benchmarks
PCMark 2004 ProBuild 1.1.0CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra 2004Version 2004.10.9.89CPU Test : CPU Multimedia / CPU ArithmeticMemory Test : Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
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