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Benchmarks And Settings

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OpenGL
Quake III Team Arena Version 1.321024x768 - 32 bitTimedemo1 / demo thg3"custom timedemo"Graphics detail = Normal
DirectX 9a
3DMark 2003 Version 3.4.0Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark1024 x 786 - 32 bit
Video
Mainconcept MPEG Encoder Version 1.4.11.2 GB DV to MPEG II(720x576, Audio) converting
Pinnacle Studio 9 Version: 9.0.0Rendering - DVD Compatibleno Audio
Windows Media Encoder 9 Version: 9.00.00.2980436 MB AVI File conversion to WMVWindows Media Server (Streaming)
Microsoft Movie Maker Version 2.0.3312.0416 MB DV to WMV
TMPGEnc Plus Version 2.5211.2 GB DV to MPEG I(720x576, Audio) converting
Audio
magix mp3 maker 2004 Version 4.11 Build 19593
Syntrillum Cool Edit Pro Version 2.1Amplitude Normalizing2.6 GB Wave Audio file
Applications
3D Studio Max 6.0 Rendering Single, 1024x768
Newtek Lightwave Version 7.5c - Build 572Render First Frame = 1Render Last Frame = 60Render Frame Step = 1Rendering Bench "variation.lws"Show Rendering in Progress = 320x240Ray Trace Shadows, Reflection, Refraction,Transparency = onMultithreading = 8 Threads
Maxon Cinema 4D XL 8 Version 8.503Rendering in 1024x768, "ship_dirt"
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Version 2003 (Enterprise Architect)Visual C++: compiling Emule 0.42b
LIUtilities WinBackup Version 1.84650 MB Wave fileEncryption: 256 Bit DES, Password "test"
Synthetic
PCMark 2004 Pro Build 1.1.0CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra 2004 Version 2004.10.9.89CPU Test: CPU Multimedia / CPU ArithmeticMemory Test: Memory Bandwidth Benchmark

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