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Test Setup

04:51 - Thursday 17 August 2006 by Jason Zushman

Processors
Socket 939	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Manchester (2.4 GHz , 1 MB L2 Cache)
Motherboards
Socket 939	Epox EP-9U1697 GLI Rev. 0.2 BIOS: 06/04/2007 Chipset: ULi M1697
Socket 939	Abit AN8 32X Rev. 1.0 BIOS: 03/29/06 Chipset: Nivida Nforce 4 SLI x16
Memory
DDR400	2x 512 MB - DDR400 - (200 MHz) OCZ PC3200 512MB El Dual Channel Platinum Rev 2(CL 2.0-2-2-5 1T)
Common Hardware
Graphics Card (PCIe)	Asus 7800 GT (EN7800GT/2DHTV/256M/OSP/A) GPU: GeForce 7800 GT(400 MHz) Memory: 256 MB GDDR3 (1000 MHz)
Hard Drive I	Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AD 150 GB, 8 MB Cache, 10,000 RPM
Hard Drive II	Western Digital Caviar WD1600 160 GB, 16 MB Cache, 7,200 RPM
DVD-ROM	Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x)
Software
Nvidia nForce 4 x16	Forceware 6.85
ULi Chipset	Integrated Driver 2.12
Nvidia Graphic	Detonator 81.98
DirectX	Version: 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
OS	Windows XP, Build 2600 SP2

Benchmarks and Settings
OpenGL
F.E.A.R	Version: 1.0 Retail Video Mode: 1024x768 Computer: High Graphics Card: medium Options/Performance/Test settings
Quake 4	Version: 1.0.5 Beta (Dual-Core Patch) Video Mode: 1280x1024 Medium Quality timedemo demo4.demo 1 (load textures)
3DMark06	Version 1.0.2 1280 x 1024 - 32 bit Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark
Doom III	Version: 1.0.1262 1280x1024, 32 Bit Video Quality = High Quality demo1 Graphics detail = High Quality
Video
Mainconcept MPEG Encoder	Version: 1.5.1 1.2 GB DV to MPEG II (720x576, Audio) converting
Pinnacle Studio 10 Plus	Version: 10.1.2.2150 from: 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MB to: 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MB Encoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2/DVD no Audio
XviD 1.1.0	Version: 1.1.0 Beta 2 Encoding type: Twopass - Single pass Profile @ Level: DXN HT PAL Target size (kbytes): 570000
Audio
Lame MP3	Version 3.97 Beta 2 (11-29-2005) Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 74 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", 74 min wave to ogg Quality: 5
Applications
Winrar	Version 3.51 (303 MB, 47 Files, 2 Folders) Compression = Best Dictionary = 4096 kB
Autodesk 3D Studio Max	Version: 8.0 Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig" HTDV 1920 x 1080
Synthetic
PCMark05 Pro	Version: 1.1 CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra 2005	Version 2005.7.10.60 SR3 CPU Test = Multimedia / CPU Arithmetic Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark