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Test Setup

02:49 - Tuesday 31 July 2007 by Patrick Schmid

Motherboard
CPU	Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 (65 nm; 1800 MHz, 1 MB L2 Cache)
RAM	Corsair CM2X1024-8888C4D XMS8804v1.1 2 x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 5.0-5-5-15 2T)
Hard Disk Drive	Western Digital WD1600AAJS 160 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/300
DVD-ROM	Samsung SH-S183 (18/48x), SATA
Graphics Card	Intel GMA 3100
Sound Card	Integrated
Power Supply	Enermax EG565P-VE ATX 2.01, 510 Watt
System Software & Drivers
OS	Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
DirectX Version	9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Platform Drivers Intel	8.3.0.1013
Graphics Drivers Intel	GMA Driver version 14.29

Benchmarks and Settings
Audio
Lame MP3	Version 3.97 Beta 2 (12-22-2005) Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min wave to mp3 160 kbps
OGG	Version 1.1.2 (Intel P4 MOD) Version 1.1.2 (Intel AMD MOD) Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min wave to ogg Quality: 5
Video
TMPEG 3.0 Express	Version: 3.0.4.24 (no Audio) fist 5 Minutes DVD Terminator 2 SE (704x576) 16:9 Multithreading by rendering
DivX 6.6	Version: 6.6 (4 Logical CPUs) Profile: High Definition Profile 1-pass, 3000 kbit/s Encoding mode: Insane Quality Enhanced multithreading no Audio
XviD 1.1.3	Version: 1.1.3 Target quantizer: 1.00
MainConcept H.264 Encoder v2	Version: 2.1 2:19 min MPEG2-source 1920x1080 to H.264 Profile: High Audio: AAC Stream: Program
Applications
Winrar	Version 3.70 (303 MB, 47 Files, 2 Folders) Compression = Best Dictionary = 4096 kB
Autodesk 3D Studio Max	Version: 8.0 Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig" rendering HTDV 1920x1080
Adobe Photoshop CS 2	Version: 9.0.1 VT-Runtime Script Rendering from 5 Pictures (66 MB, 7 Filters)
Synthetics
PCMark05 Pro	Version: 1.2.0 CPU and Memory Tests Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646 Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980