NVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition Sets Its Sights on Intel 925XE

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Processors
266 MHz FSB (FSB1066) Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.73 GHz2 MB L2-Cache, HT enabled
Motherboard
Socket 775 NVIDIA Reference MotherboardChipset : nForce4 Intel EditionBIOS : 4.86
Socket 775 ASUS P5AD2-E PlatinumChipset : Intel 925XEBIOS : 1004 Final
RAM
DDR2-533 2x 512 MB Corsair TwinX CM2X512A-5400C4Timings : CL 3-3-3-8
DDR2-667 2x 512 MB Corsair TwinX CM2X512A-5400LUTimings : CL 3-3-3-8 (533), CL 4-3-3-10 (667)
Common Hardware
Graphics Cards NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GTGPU : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GTMemory : 256 MB GDDR3-SDRAM
Hard Drive Western Digital WD740 Raptor74 GB, 8 MB Cache, 10,000 RPM, SATA
RAID Test Drives Western Digital WD1600SD160 GB, 8 MB Cache, 7,200 RPM, SATA
DVD/CD-ROM MSI MS-8216 16x DVD
Software
Graphics Driver NVIDIA Detonator 71.84
Chipset Driver NVIDIA Forceware 7.02
Intel Chipset Intel Chipset Installation Utility 6.3.0.1007
DirectX 9.0c
OS Windows XP Professional, 5.1.2600Service Pack 2
Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
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.