Is nForce 650 the Mainstream Master?
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By
Patrick Schmid
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Test Setup
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Socket 775 | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (Conroe 65 nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache) |
| Motherboard | MSI P6N SLI PlatinumChipset : Nvidia nForce 650i SLI, BIOS : 2007/02/01 |
| Common Hardware | |
| RAM | 2x 1024 MB DDR2-8000 (CL 3.0-4-3-9)Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 XMS6403v1.1 |
| Graphics Card | HIS X1900XTX IceQ3GPU : ATI Radeon X1900XTX (650 MHz) |
| RAM : 512 MB GDDR3 (1550 MHz) | |
| Hard Drive I (read) | 1x 150 GB 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150Western Digital WD1500ADFD |
| Hard Drive II (write) | 1x 150 GB 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150Western Digital WD1500ADFD |
| DVD-ROM | Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x) |
| Software | |
| ATI Graphics | Catalyst Suite 6.11 |
| Nvidia Chipset | nForce 650i 8.43 |
| DirectX | Version : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| OS | Windows XP, Build 2600 SP2 |
Benchmarks And Settings
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| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| 3D-Games | |
| Call Of Duty 2 | Version : 1.3 RetailVideo Mode : 1280x960Anti Aliasing : 4xGraphics Card : mediumTimedemo demo2 |
| Quake 4 | Version : 1.2 (Dual-Core Patch)Video Mode : 1280x1024Video Quality : UltraTHG Timedemo waste.maptimedemo demo8.demo 1 (1 = load textures) |
| Video | |
| TMPEG 3.0 Express | Version : 3.0.4.24 (no Audio)182 MB VOB MPEG2-source (704x576) 16:9 |
| DivX 6.4 | Version : 6.4 (4 Logical CPUs)Profile : High Definition ProfileMultipass, 3000 kbit/sEncoding mode : Insane Quality |
| XviD 1.2.0 | Version : 1.2.0 SMP BetaEncoding type : Twopass - Single passProfile @ Level : DXN HT PALTarget size (kbytes) : 570000 |
| MainConcept H.264 Encoder v2 | Version : 2.12:19 min MPEG2-source 1920x1080 to H.264Profile : HighAudio : AACStream : Program |
| Audio | |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.97 Beta 2 (11-29-2005)Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 74 minwave to mp3160 kbps |
| OGG | Version 1.1.2 (Intel P4 MOD)Version 1.1.2 (Intel AMD MOD)Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 74 minwave to oggQuality : 5 |
| Applications | |
| Winrar | Version 3.61 (Multi-Core)(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) |
| Cinebench | Version 9.564 BitnCPU, 1 CPU |
| Synthetic | |
| PCMark05 Pro | Version : 1.1.0CPU and Memory TestsWindows Media Player 10.00.00.3646Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980 |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2007 | Version 2007.5.11.17CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMediaMemory Test = Bandwidth BenchmarkMemory Lateny Test = ns |
| Storage Benchmarks | |
| Performance Measurements | SimpliSoftware HDTach 3.0.1 |
| I/O-Performance | IOMeter 2003.05.10Fileserver-BenchmarkWebserver-BenchmarkDatabase-BenchmarkWorkstation-Benchmark |
| USB Performance | Microsoft Robocopy XP010 |
| Other | |
| Windows Media Player 10 | Version : 10.00.00.36.46 |
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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.