Intel's 925XE: Does Beating the 1 GHz FSB Barrier Matter?

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Intel Processors (Socket 775)
200 MHz FSB (Dual DDR400)Pentium 4 EE 3.40 GHz (3400 MHz 12-8/512/2048 kB)Pentium 4 EE 3.46 GHz (3466 MHz 12-8/512/2048 kB)
Intel Processors (Socket 478)
200 MHz FSB (Dual DDR400)Pentium 4 EE 3.40 GHz (3400 MHz 12-8/512/2048 kB)
AMD Processors (Socket 939)
200 MHz FSB (DUAL DDR400)Athlon FX-53 (2400 MHz 128/1024 kB)Athlon FX-51 (2200 MHz 128/1024 kB)
Memory
Intel Pentium 4(Socket 775)2 x 512 MB - DDR2-533 (266 MHz)Infineon 64T64000GU3.7ATimings : CL 3.0-3-3-4Voltage : 1.9 V
Intel Pentium 4(Socket 478)4 x 256 MB - DDR400 (200 MHz)Corsair TwinX CMX256A-3200LL XMS32005 V1.1Timings : CL 2.0-2-2-5Voltage : 2.5 V
AMD Athlon 64AMD Athlon 64 FX(Socket 939)2 x 512 MB - DDR400Corsair CMX512-3500C2 XMS3502 V1.1Timings : CL 2.0-2-2-5Voltage : 2.7 V
Motherboard
Intel Platform(Socket 775)Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D, Rev. 1.0Chipset : Intel 925XBIOS : F4 (09/02/2004)Network : Broadcom BCM7515KFB Gigabit (PCI-E)
Intel Platform(Socket 478)Asus P4C800-E Deluxe, Rev. 1.02Chipset : Intel 875PBIOS : 1017 (07/22/2004)Network : Intel 82547EI GBit (CSA)
AMD Athlon 64 FX Platform(Socket 939)ASUS A8V, Rev. 1.02Chipset : VIA K8T800BIOS : 1006 (06/17/2004)Network : Marvell Yukon Gigabit
Common Hardware
Sound CardTerratec Aureon 7.1 Space96.00 kHz sample rate
Graphics CardAGPASUS V9999 Ultra DeluxeGPU : NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT (350 MHz)Memory : 256 MB DDR-SDRAM (500 MHz)
Graphics CardPCIENVIDIA Reference CardGPU : NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT (350 MHz)Memory : 256 MB DDR-SDRAM (500 MHz)
Hard Drive (AMD System)Promise FastTrak S150 TX2plus (Bios : 1.00.0.37)2 x SATA Maxtor 7B250S00 (Raid 0)250 GB / 16 MB Cache / 7200 rpm
DVD/CD-ROMMSI MS-8216D 16x DVD
Software
Intel ChipsetV 6.0.1.1002
NVIDIA nForceNVIDIA V4.24 (05/10/2004)
NVIDIA Graphic AGP and PCIEDetonator 61.77
VIA ChipsetVIA Hyperion 4 in 1 V4.53
DirectXVersion : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Operating SystemWindows XP Professional, Build 5.10.2600,Service Pack 2
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