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Test Setup
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| CPU | |
|---|---|
| Socket 478 | Intel Pentium 4 2400 (Northwood 130 nm, 2.4 GHz, 512 kB L2 Cache ) |
| Socket 775 I | Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 (Allendale 65 nm, 1.8 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache) |
| Socket 775 II | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (Conroe 65 nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache) |
| Socket 775 III | Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 (Kentsfield 65 nm, 2.66 GHz, 2x 4 MB L2 Cache) |
| Socket 939 I | AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (Clawhammer 130 nm, 2.4 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) |
| Socket 939 II | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (Toledo 90 nm, 2.4 GHz, 2x 512 kB L2 Cache) |
| Socket AM2 | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (Windsor 90 nm, 2.4 GHz, 2x 512 kB L2 Cache) |
| Motherboard | |
| Platform Socket 478 | Asus P4C800-E Deluxe, Rev 1.02Chipset : Intel 875P, BIOS : 1023 |
| Platform Socket 775 | Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6, Rev 2.0Chipset : Intel 965P, BIOS : F9 |
| Platform Socket 939 | Asus A8N-SLI Premium, Rev 1.02Chipset : Nvidia nForce 4 SLI, Bios : 1009 |
| Platform Socket AM2 | MSI K9N Platinum, Rev 1.0Chipset : Nvidia nForce 570 SLI, Bios : 1.5 |
| Memory | |
| RAM I (DDR) | Corsair CMX1024-3200C22x 1024 MB DDR2-4000 (CL 2.5-3-3-6) |
| RAM II (DDR2) | Corsair CM2X1024-6400C32x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4.0-4-4-12 2T) |
| Hard Drive | |
| Hard Drive I (read) | Western Digital WD4000KD400 GB 7,200 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150 |
| Hard Drive II (write) | Western Digital WD4000KD400 GB 7,200 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150 |
| DVD ROM | |
| DVD-ROM | TEAC DV-W50D IDE ATA100 |
| Graphics Card | |
| AGP Graphics | Nvidia GeForce 6800 - 256 MB DDR3 RAM |
| PCI Express Graphics | Nvidia GeForce 6800 - 256 MB DDR3 RAM |
| Power Supply | |
| PSU | Enermax EG565P-VEATX 2.01, 535 Watt |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Drivers AMD nForce 4 | nForce4 series 6.86 |
| Drivers AMD nForce 570 | nForce 570 SLI 9.16 |
| Platform Drivers Intel | INF-Treiber 8.1.1.1010 |
| Graphics Driver | Nvidia ForceWare 93.71 |
What About Newer Pentium 4 And Pentium D CPUs ?
We wanted to use Pentium 4 500 and Pentium 4 600 processors as well as Pentium D CPUs, but there is no way to select a clock speed as low as 2.4 GHz. Even the entry-level processors started with a multiplier of x14, which, at FSB800 (200 MHz system speed), leads to 2.8 GHz core clock speed. So, we had to live without the Pentium generation.
Benchmarks And Settings
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| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| Audio | |
| iTunes 7 | Version : 7.0.2Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 minConvert wav to aac |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.97 Beta 2 (12-22-2005)Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 minwave to mp3160 kbps |
| OGG | Version 1.1.2 (Intel P4 MOD)Version 1.1.2 (Intel AMD MOD)Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 minwave to oggQuality : 5 |
| Video | |
| TMPEG 3.0 Express | Version : 3.0.4.24 (no Audio)fist 5 Minutes DVD Terminator 2 SE (704x576) 16:9Multithreading by rendering |
| DivX 6.5 | Version : 6.5Profile : High Definition Profile1-pass, 3000 kb/sEncoding mode : Insane QualityEnhanced multithreadingno Audio |
| XviD 1.1.2 | Version : 1.1.2Target qantizer : 1.00 |
| Applications | |
| Winrar | Version 3.62(303 MB, 47 Files, 2 Folders)Compression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB |
| Autodesk 3D Studio Max | Version : 8.0Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"rendering HTDV 1920x1080 |
| Adobe Photoshop CS 2 | Version : 9.0.1VT-Runtime ScriptRendering from 5 Pictures (66 MB, 7 Filters) |
| Deep Fritz | Version 10Chess Benchmark |
| Cinebench | Version 9.532 Bit1 CPU ; x CPU |
| PCMark05 Pro | Version : 1.2.0CPU and Memory TestsWindows Media Player 10.00.00.3646Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980 |
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