Intel's 955X Dual-Core Chipset Better For Business Users Than NVidia's nForce4
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Test Setup
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| Processor | |
|---|---|
| Single Core CPUs | Intel Pentium 4 Processor 660 (3.6 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache) |
| Memory | |
| Intel Platform (DDR2-667) | 2x 512 MB - DDR2-667 (333 MHz)Corsair CM2X512A-5400UL (XMS5400 V1.2)(CL3-2-2-8-1T @ 333 MHz) |
| Motherboards | |
| Intel Platform | Asus P5ND2-SLI (Rev. 1.02, BIOS 0601)NVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition SLI ChipsetFoxconn Foxconn 955X7AA(Rev. unknown, BIOS 4BGF1P32 - May 18, 2005)Gigabyte GA-8I955 Royal(Rev. 1.0 , BIOS F5, April 29, 2005) |
| System Hardware | |
| Graphics Card (PCIe) | NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT (Reference Board)GPU : NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT (350 MHz)Memory : 256 MB DDR-SDRAM (500 MHz) |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital WD740 Raptor74 GB, 8 MB Cache, 10000 RPM |
| Network | integrated NVIDIA GbE LAN |
| DVD-ROM | Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x) |
| Power Supply | Tagan TG480-U01, ATX 2.0, 480 W |
| Software | |
| Chipset Drivers | NVIDIA Forceware 6.53 |
| Chipset Drivers | Intel Inf 7.0.0.1019 |
| Graphics Driver | NVIDIA Forceware 71.84 |
| DirectX | Version : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
Raid Setup
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| Processors | |
|---|---|
| Sockel 775 | Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (3.73 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache) |
| System Components | |
| DDR-SDRAM | 2x 512 MB - DDR2-667 (333 MHz)Corsair CM2X512A-5400UL (XMS5400 V1.2)(CL3-2-2-8-1T @ 333 MHz) |
| Motherboard I | Asus P5WD2Intel i955X |
| Motherboard II | MSI P4N DiamondNVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition |
| Graphics card | Gigabyte Geforce 6600 GT |
| Hard drives | System drive : Western Digital WD1200BBTest drive :4x Western Digital WD370 Raptor |
| Controller | Adaptec AHA-2410SA, 4-Port SATAIntel ICH7-RNVIDIA MediaShield |
| Software | |
| Intel Chipset | Intel Inf 7.0.0.1019 |
| Nvidia Chipset | NVIDIA Forceware 6.53 |
| DirectX | 9.0c |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| Controller | Adaptec 4.10.7348Intel MatrixStorage 2.11.15.0 |
| Benchmarks & Settings | |
| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2003.05.10Fileserver BenchmarkWebserver BenchmarkDatabase BenchmarkWorkstation BenchmarkThroughput Benchmark |
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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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