Test Setup

01:25 - Tuesday 21 November 2006 by Darren E. Polkowski
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: ibuypower, 2006, dream, quad, sli, gaming, system, uk

Test Setup

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System Hardware
Processor(s) AMD Athlon 64 FX-60
2.6 GHz, 1.0 GHz HT-Link, 1 MB L2 cache
Platform Nvidia: Asus AN832-SLI Premium
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI, BIOS version 1205
Nvidia: Asus A8R32-MVP Premium
ATI Xpress 3200 CrossFire, BIOS version 0404
RAM Corsair CMX1024-4400Pro
2x 1024 MB @ DDR400 (CL3.0-4-4-8)
Hard Drive Western Digital Raptor, WD1500ADFD
150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA150
Networking On-board nForce4 Gigabit Ethernet
On-board Marvell Gigabit Ethernet
Graphics Cards Powercolor Radeon X1900XTX 512 MB GDDR3
650 MHz Core
775 MHz Memory (1.55 GHz DDR)

Nvidia Based Cards:
XFX GeForce 7950GX2 1 GB GDDR3
570 MHz Core
775 MHz Memory (1.55 GHz DDR)
Nvidia GeForce 7900GTX 512 MB GDDR3
675 MHz Core
820 MHz Memory (1.64 GHz DDR)
Power Supply PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1,000W
System Software & Drivers
OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
DirectX Version 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Graphics Driver(s) ATI - Catalyst 6.9 WHQL
NVIDIA - Forceware 91.47 WHQL


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Benchmark Results

3DMark05

In 3DMark we tested at all resolutions with antialiasing and anisotropic filtering disabled in the first run. The second time around we increased the image quality with 4xAA and 8xAF. The 10 year anniversary $10,000 Falcon Northwest Mach V posted 16,544 marks in the default test, while the CrossFire ABS came in with over 3,000 more marks at 19,879. The iBuypower Dream 2006 Quad System posted 14,199 or 2,300 marks behind the $10,000 PC. The highly overclocked system clearly has more headroom, but at stock speeds you can see it still is powerful.


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