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Common Hardware
Workstation
Dell Precision 670
Processors
2x Intel Xeon 7030 2.8 GHz (FSB800, Dual Core) with HT disabled, on WinXP
Hard Disk
Samsung HD160JJ/P (160 GB, 7200 RPM, 8.9 ms access, SATA)
Motherboard
Dell Precision 670
System Memory
4 GB (Hynix PC2-3200R-333-12)
OpenGL Graphics Cards
ATi OpenGL cards
ATi FireGL V7350ATi FireGL V7300
Nvidia OpenGL card
Nvidia Quadro FX 4500
Drivers & Settings
ATI FireGL series driver
8.223 and FireGL 3dsm plugin
Nvidia QuadroFX series driver
Forceware 84.26
3dsm drivers for QuadroFX series
Maxtreme 3dsm plugin 8.00.03
Resolution
1280x1024, 32-bit, 75 Hz, Vsync=off
Operating System
Windows XP SP2 (v2149)
Benchmarks
Viewperf (synthetic)
SPECopc Viewperf 8.1
Solidworks (Application)
SPECapc Solidworks 2005 benchmark
3D Studio Max (Application)
SPECapc 3DSMAX 7 benchmark
Maya (Application)
SPECapc Maya 6.5 benchmark
Test Platform
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