SLI Is Coming: Time To Analyze PCI Express

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Intel Processors
800 MHz FSB (Dual DDR) Intel Pentium 4 Processor 560 (3.6 GHz)
Motherboards
Socket LGA775 DFI Lanparty 925X-T2Intel 925XBIOS 925EDA05
Memory
DDR2-533 2x 512 MB Crucial Ballistic SeriesTimings: CL 4-4-4-10
Common Hardware
Graphics Card IPCI Express NVIDIA GeForce 6 SeriesGPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GTMemory: 256 MB GDDR3-SDRAM
Graphics Card IIPCI Express ATI Radeon X800 XTGPU: ATI Radeon 800 XTMemory: 256 MB GDDR3-SDRAM
Graphics Card IIIPCI Express ATI Radeon X600 XTGPU: Radeon X600 XTMemory: 128 MB DDR-SDRAM
Hard Drive Hitachi HDS722525VLSA80250 GB, 8 MB Cache, 7200 RPM
DVD/CD-ROM MSI MS-8216 16x DVD
Software
ATI Graphics Catalyst Ver. 040825a
NVIDIA Graphics Detonator Ver. 61.77
Intel Chipset Driver Installation Utility 6.0.1.1002
DirectX Version: 9c
OS Windows XP Professional, 5.1.2600Service Pack 1
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.