The Pentium Extreme Edition, based on the dual core Smithfield, is currently the best processor to stress a motherboard due to its high thermal figures.
Again, we are running DDR2-667 at CL3-2-2-8 with 1T timings.Benchmarks And Settings
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Benchmarks and Settings
OpenGL
Doom III
Version : 1.0.12621280x1024, 32 BitVideo Quality = High Qualitydemo1Graphics detail = High Quality
DirectX 8
Unreal Tournament 2004
Version : 32041280x1024, 32 Bit, Audio = offTHG8-assault-single
DirectX 9
FarCry
Version 1.1 Build 12561280x1024 - 32 Bitqualtity options = High
Audio
Lame MP3
Version 3.97.1 Multi-threaded AlphaWave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp332 - 320 kbitVBR = level 3
Applications
WinRAR
Version 3.41283 MB, 246 FilesCompression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB
3DS Max 7
Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"1600x1200Rendering Single
Synthetic
PCMark 2005 Pro
Version : 1.0.1System, CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra Pro
Version 2005, SR1CPU Test = Multimedia BenchmarkMemory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark
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