New Hard- and Software for our Benchmark Suite
Operating System: Windows Vista Enterprise
Starting with this article, we are switching to a different version of Windows for our benchmarks. In the future, all benchmarks at THG will be run on Windows Vista Enterprise. While this version is not available in stores, its performance results are identical to Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate. However, we are forced to make this switch, since this is the only version that offers an Open License. This License allows us to activate Windows Vista over the internet repeatedly, without having to make calls to Microsoft’s activation hotline.
Hardware Configuration
We have updated our testbed system with new components, such as the graphics card, sound card and hard drive, in order to offer our readers results based on a platform that is both current and practical.
Hardware Setup
Our systems use two of Western Digital’s Caviar SE WD3200AAJS hard drives. Data is read from the one drive and written to the other to ensure that the I/O performance is as high as possible.
Our Testbed System
I hope Intel doesn't start 2 get a monopoly...
You're probably right to worry, but I read that AMD has taken a big upswing this month... hopefully it'll sort itself out.
I even fear the game monopoly