System Setup and Notes
Hardware and Software
Test Platforms
| Pentium 4 System | Athlon FX System | |
| Processor(s) | Pentium 4 570J Pentium 4 660 Pentium 4 3.46GHz XE Pentium 4 3.76GHz XE |
Athlon FX-55 |
| Mainboard | ASUS P5AD2-E | DFI LanPartyUT SLI-D |
| Memory | 2 x 512MB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-667 4.0-4-4-12 @ 710MHz for Extreme Editions 3.0-3-3-10 @ 533MHz for all others |
2 x 512MB Corsair Xpert XL DDR-400 2.0-2-2-5 @ 400MHz |
| BIOS Version | 1002.005 - 22nd October 2004 | 9th February 2005 |
| Disk Drive | 74GB Western Digital Raptor | |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra - PEG16X 71.20 ForceWare |
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| Operating System | Windows XP Professional, SP2 | |
| Mainboard Software | Intel INF Update Utility 6.3.0.1007 | NVIDIA nForce4 Platform Driver 6.39 |
Benchmark Software
HEXUS.in-house Cryptography Benchmark
HEXUS Pifast Benchmark
ScienceMark 2.0 (7th February 2005) Realstorm 2004
Cinebench 2003
HEXUS.in-house MP3 Encoding Benchmark using LAME 3.96
PicColor 32-bit v4.0
Kribibench v1.1.9
Notes
The Pentium 4 570J was used to emulate a 560 by dropping the multiplier to 18X. The Athlon FX-55 was used to emulate Athlon FX-53/Athlon 64 4000+ by dropping the multiplier to 12X.CPU-Z Information
3.46GHz Extreme Edition - CPU Information
3.46GHz Extreme Edition - Memory Information
3.46GHz Extreme Edition - Mainboard Information
3.73GHz Extreme Edition - CPU Information
3.73GHz Extreme Edition - Memory Information
3.73GHz Extreme Edition - Mainboard Information
3.73GHz Extreme Edition - Cache Information
Pentium 4 570J - CPU Information
Pentium 4 570J - Memory Information
Pentium 4 660 - CPU Information
Pentium 4 660 - Memory Information
Athlon FX-55 - CPU Information
Athlon FX-55 - Memory Information
Athlon FX-55 - Mainboard Information
BIOS Support for Prescott-2M
The ASUS P5AD2-E has had support for the new core since October 2004. However, some mainboards will need to have their BIOS images flashed to support the new core, so look out for that. Here's the ASUS BIOS showing the first boot of the 660.
