Systems setup and notes
Hardware
| System | ATI Radeon X16xxs | NVIDIA GeForce 7600s |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.40GHz, 4MiB L2 cache, LGA775) | |
| Motherboard | ASUS P5W DH Deluxe | NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Reference |
| Memory | 1GiB (2 x 512) OCZ PC2-5400 | |
| Memory timings and speed | 4-4-4-8 2T @ 667MHz (PC5400) | |
| Graphics card(s) | Sapphire Radeon X1650 PRO 256MB (594/693) GeCube Radeon X1650 PRO GDDR3 256MB (600/747) HIS Radeon X1650 PRO IceQ Turbo 256MB (621/693) GeCube Radeon X1600 PRO 256MB (500/400) HIS Radeon X1600 XT IceQ Turbo 256MB (600/700) |
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB (560/700) NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256MB (400/400) |
| Disk drive(s) | Seagate 160GB 7200.9 SATA 3Gbps | |
| BIOS revision | 1305 | 28/06/06 |
| Mainboard software | Intel Inf Update 8.0.1.1002 | NVIDIA Platform Driver 6.70 |
| Graphics driver | CATALYST 6.8 | NVIDIA Forceware 91.33 |
| Operating System | Windows XP Professional, w/ SP2, 32-bit | |
Software
| 3D Benchmarks |
Far Cry v1.33 Quake 4 v1.04 Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory |
|---|
Notes
We performed all benchmark tests wearing emergency hats. That's a lie, but I promised a friend I'd use the phrase "emergency hats" in an article.The usual bits apply here. We ran each benchmark a trio of times, discarding the outer results and reporting the middle one. If any of the three results looked erroneous, we threw all three away until we could collect three within a margin of statistical error. Any major attempts needed to get three reliable results we let you know about, of course. Apart from that, things are as noted on the graphs and in the graph commentary. Want to know more? Hit up the fantastic, awesome, entirely gorgeous HEXUS.community. You know it makes sense, etc, etc.
