Performance Benchmark Setup
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (65 nm, 3.0 GHz, 8 MB L2 Cache) |
| Nvidia nForce 790i SLI | Asus Striker II Extreme, Rev.1.02G |
| NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI Ultra, BIOS: 0402 | |
| Intel X48 | Gigabyte X48T-DQ6, Rev. 1.0 |
| Intel X48, BIOS: F7 (01/02/2007) | |
| Memory | 2x 1GB DDR3-1066 Crucial BL12864BA1608.8SFB |
| HDD | Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500 GB |
| 7,200 RPM, SATA/300, 16 MB cache | |
| DVD-ROM | Samsung SH-D163A , SATA150 |
| Graphics Card | Gigabyte Radeon HD 3850 GV-RX385512H |
| GPU: 670 MHz | |
| Memory: 512 MB DDR3 (830 MHz, 256 Bit) | |
| Power Supply | Coolermaster, ATX 2.3, 850 Watt |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Enterprise Version 6.0 (Build 6000) |
| DirectX 10 | DirectX 10 (Vista default) |
| DirectX 9 | Version: April 2007 |
| Graphics Drivers | ATI Radeon 7.12 |
| Intel Chipset Drivers | Version 8.1.1.1010 (21/11/2006) |
| Intel Storage Drivers | Matrix Storage Manager 7.0.0.1020 |
| Nvidia Chipset Drivers | nForce drivers 9.64 |
| Java | Java Runtime Environment 6.0 Update 1 |
Storage Benchmark Setup
Benchmarks and Settings
Summary
- Intel X48 vs. Nvidia nForce 790i Ultra SLI
- Some Chipset History
- Enthusiast Chipset Comparison
- Intel X48
- Nvidia nForce 790i Ultra SLI
- Intel X48: Gigabyte X48T-DQ6
- http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/x48-790i-chipset,review-30911-7.html
- Overclocking: EasyTune Software
- nForce 790i Ultra SLI: Asus Striker II Extreme
- http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/x48-790i-chipset,review-30911-10.html
- Asus’s Energy Saving Counter
- Overclocking nForce 790i Ultra SLI and X48
- Intel X48 Overclocking
- Test Setup
- Performance Benchmark Results
- Video Benchmarks
- Synthetic Benchmarks
- Overclocking Results
- USB 2.0 Benchmark Results
- SATA Storage Performance
- RAID 0 I/O Performance
- RAID 0+1 I/O Performance
- RAID 5 I/O Performance (Intact & Degraded
- Conclusion
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