PCI Express Scaling Analysis
Features
By
Patrick Schmid
published
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 975X Platinum PowerUp EditionChipset : Intel 975X, BIOS : 2007-01-24 |
| Common Hardware | |
| RAM | 2x 1024 MB DDR2-8000 (CL 4.0-4-4-12)Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 XMS6403v1.1 |
| Graphics Card I | HIS X1900XTX IceQ3GPU : ATI Radeon X1900XTX (650 MHz)RAM : 512 MB GDDR3 (1,550 MHz) |
| Graphics Card II | Zotec GeForce 8800 GTSGPU : GeForce 8800 GTS (500 MHz)RAM : 320 MB GDDR3 (1,200 MHz) |
| Hard Drive | 400 GB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/300Western Digital WD4000KD |
| DVD-ROM | Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x) |
| Software | |
| Graphics Driver I | ATI Catalyst Suite 7.2 |
| Graphics Driver II | Nvidia ForceWare 97.92 |
| Platform Drivers Intel | Chipset Installation Utility 8.1.1.1010 |
| DirectX | Version : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| OS | Windows XP Professional, Build 2600 SP2 |
Benchmarks And Settings
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| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| 3D-Games | |
| Call Of Duty 2 | Version : 1.3 RetailVideo Mode : 1600x1200Anti Aliasing : 4xTexture Filter : AnisotropicTimedemo demo2 |
| Quake 4 | Version : 1.2 (Dual-Core Patch)Video Mode : 1600x1200Video Quality : Ultra (ATI)/High(Nvidia)Anti Aliasing : 4xMulti CPU : YesTHG Timedemo waste.maptimedemo demo8.demo 1 (1 = load textures) |
| Applications | |
| SPECviewperf 9 | Version : 9.03All Tests |
| 3D Mark06 | Version : 1.1Video Mode : 1600x1200Anti Aliasing : 4xAnisotropic Filter : 8x |
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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.
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