Test Setup

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Motherboard
AMD Platform AM2 MSI K9AGM2, Rev. 1.1
AMD 690G, Bios: 1.1 (03/01/2007)
Intel Platform S775 MSI Q965MDO, Rev 1.11
Intel Q965, Bios: 12/19/2006
RAM Corsair CM2X512-6400C3 XMS6403v1.1
2x 512 MB DDR2-800 (CL 5.0-5-5-15 2T)
Hard Disk Drive Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
1x 400 GB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/300
DVD-ROM Gigabyte GO-D1600A (16/48 X) ATA/133
Graphics Card Intel GMA 3000
AMD Radeon Xpress1250
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)
System Drivers AMD Driver Version:8.353
Platform Drivers Intel 8.3.0.1013
Graphics Drivers Intel GMA Driver version 14.29

Benchmarks And Settings

Benchmarks and Settings
Audio
iTunes 7 Version: 7.2.0.35
Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min
Convert wav to aac
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 1.1.2 Version: 1.1.2
Target quantizer: 1.00
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)
Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Version: 8.0
Microsoft Office Word 2003 Version: 11.6568.6568 SP2
Adobe PDF-Maker
1322 pages Word file to PDF
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
SiSoftware Sandra 2007 Version 2007.5.10.98
CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMedia
Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark
Memory Latency Test = ns

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