Here's How We Tested At THG's Munich Labs
We ran all of our memory tests on the Asus P5WD2-E Premium (Rev. 1.01G) motherboard, with BIOS version 0302 (1/17/2006).
For our test platform, we used the Asus P5WD2-E Premium, which comes outfitted with the Intel 975X chipset.

Motherboard version info.
| Intel Processor (Socket 775) | |
|---|---|
| FSB1066 | Pentium EE 955 Smithfield (2x3400 MHz 12KµOps+16/2048 kB) |
| Motherboards | |
| Socket 775 | Asus P5WD2-E Premium
Rev. 1.01G Bios: 0302 (01/26/2006) Chipset: Intel 975X |
| Common Hardware | |
| Graphics Card (PCIe) | Gigabyte GV-NX78X256V-B
GPU: NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GTX (430 MHz) Memory: 256 MB GDDR3 (1200 MHz) |
| Hard Drive | SATA Western Digital WD160
160 GB / 16 MB Cache / 7200 rpm |
| DVD-ROM | Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x) |
| Software | |
| Intel Chipset | Intel INF Update Utility 7.2.2.1006 (11/14/2005) |
| Nvidia Graphics | Detonator 81.98 (01/07/2006) |
| DirectX | Version: 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| OS | Windows XP, Build 2600 SP2 |
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