The Pentium Elite, Part 2: 955X versus nForce4 IE

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Test Setup

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Processor
ProcessorIntel Pentium Extreme Edition 840(3.2 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache)
Memory
Intel Platform (Premium)2x 512 MB - DDR2-667 (333 MHz)Corsair CM2X512A-5400UL (XMS5400 V1.2)(CL3-2-2-8-1T @ 333 MHz)
Motherboards
Sockel 775Asus P5WD2 Premium (Rev. 1.02, BIOS 0422)Intel 955X ChipsetAbit AW8-Max (Rev. 1.0, BIOS 1.2)Intel 955X ChipsetIntel D955XBK (BIOS 1959)Intel 955X ChipsetFoxconn 955X7AA(Rev. 1.0, BIOS 2005-05-18 )Intel 955X ChipsetGigabyte 8I955X Royal (Rev. 1.1 , BIOS F7)Intel 955X Chipset
System Hardware
Graphics card (PCIe)Asus Geforce 7800 GTGPU : NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GT (400 MHz)Memory : 256 MB DDR-SDRAM (500 MHz)
Hard driveHitachi Deskstar 7K250250 GB, 8 MB Cache, 7200 RPM
Network3Com 3C905B-TX
DVD-ROMGigabyte GO-D1600C (16x)
Power supply unitTagan TG480-U01, ATX 2.0, 480 W
Software
Chipset driverNVIDIA Forceware 7.13
Graphics driverNVIDIA Forceware 77.77
DirectX versionVersion : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
OSWindows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
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Benchmarks and Settings
OpenGL
Doom IIIVersion : 1.0.12621280x1024, 32 BitVideo Quality = High Qualitydemo1Graphics detail = High Quality
DirectX 8
Unreal Tournament 2004Version : 32041280x1024, 32 Bit, Audio = offTHG8-assault-single
DirectX 9
FarCryVersion 1.1 Build 12561280x1024 - 32 Bitqualtity options = High
Video
Pinnacle Studio 9 PlusVersion : 9.4.1from : 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MBto : 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MBEncoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2/DVDno Audio
Auto Gordian KnotDivX 5.2.1XviD 1.0.3Version : 1.95Audio = AC3 6chCustom size = 100 MBResulution settings = Fixed widthCodec = XviD and DivX 5Audio = CBR MP3, kbps 192182 MB VOB MPEG2-source
Audio
Lame MP3Version 3.97.1 Multi-threaded AlphaWave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp332 - 320 kbitVBR = level 3
Applications
WinRARVersion 3.41283 MB, 246 FilesCompression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB
3DS Max 7Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"1600x1200Rendering Single
Synthetic
PCMark 2005 ProVersion : 1.0.1System, CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra ProVersion 2005, SR1CPU Test = Multimedia BenchmarkMemory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark
Patrick Schmid