Overclocking Marathon Day 2 - A Home Brew
Features
By
Thomas Soderstrom and Shelton Romhanyi
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Test Settings
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800, 2.93 GHz, 1066 FSB, 4 MB Cache |
| First Overclock | 3.025 GHz, 11x 275 MHz FSB, 1.60 Volts Core |
| Final Overclock | 3.663 GHz: 11x 333 MHz FSB, 1.55 Volts Core |
| Motherboard | ASUS Striker Extreme, BIOS: Phoenix 0901 (02/07/07) |
| First Overclock | PCI-E SPP & MCP: 3450 MHz @ 1.45V |
| Final Overclock | PCI-E SPP & MCP: 3450 MHz @ 1.45V |
| RAM | Crucial Ballistix PC2-8000, 2x 1024 MB, CAS 5.0-5-5-15 |
| First Overclock | 1100 MHz Data Rate, CAS 4.0-4-4-6, 1.85 Volts |
| Final Overclock | 950 MHz Data Rate, CAS 4.0-4-4-6, 2.20 Volts |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5000YS, RAID 02x 500 GB, 7200 RPM, 16 MB Cache, SATA 300 |
| Networking | NVIDIA nForce onboard Gigabit Ethernet NIC |
| Graphics Cards | 2x XFX GeForce 8800 GTX, 768 MB RAM (Per Card)630 MHz GPU, 1800 MHz RAM Data Rate |
| Power Supply | PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Microsoft Windows XP Pro 5.1.2600 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Platform Driver | Intel INF 8.0.1.1002 |
| Graphics Driver | 6.14.11.5822 - nVIDIA ForceWare 158.22 |
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| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| 3D-Games | |
| F.E.A.R | Version: 1.0 RetailVideo Mode: 1024x768Computer: MaximumGraphics: Maximum-Custom-No SoftshadowsTest Path: Options/Performance/Test Settings |
| Doom 3 | Version: 1.3Video Mode: 1024x768Graphics: HighTest: Time Demo 1 |
| Oblivion | Version: 1.0 RetailVideo Mode: 1024x768Graphics: High, 4xAATest: Inside & Outside save files |
| Audio | |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.97 Beta 2 (12-22-2005)Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 minwave to mp3160 kbps |
| OGG | Version 1.1.2 (Intel P4 MOD)Version 1.1.2 (Intel AMD MOD)Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 minwave to oggQuality: 5 |
| Video | |
| TMPEG 3.0 Express | Version: 3.0.4.24 (no Audio)fist 5 Minutes DVD Terminator 2 SE (704x576) 16:9Multithreading by rendering |
| DivX 6.1 | Version: 6.1Profile: High Definition Profile1-pass, 3000 kbit/sEncoding mode: Insane QualityEnhanced multithreadingno Audio |
| XviD 1.1.0 | Version: 1.1.0 Beta 2Target quantizer: 1.00 |
| Applications | |
| Autodesk 3D Studio Max | Version: 8.0Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"rendering HTDV 1920x1080 & 1280x720 |
| Synthetics | |
| SPECviewperf 9 | Version: 9.0.3 |
| PCMark05 Pro | Version: 1.1.0System, CPU and Memory TestsWindows Media Player 10.00.00.3646Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980 |
| 3DMark05 | Version: 1.2System Test Only |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2005 | Version 2005.7.10.60CPU Test = Arithmetic, Multimedia BenchmarksMemory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
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