System Setup and Notes
Hardware
MotherboardsEpoX EP-9NDA3+ motherboard
Processor
AMD Athlon64 4000+ (2.4GHz, 1MB L2, dual-channel memory), Socket 939
Graphics Cards
ATI Radeon X800 XT, AGP 8x, 256MB
Memory
1GB (2 x 512MB) Corsair DDR-I PC-3200 - 2-2-2-6
Hard Disks
1 x 36.6GB Western Digital Raptor SATA
Software
Windows XP Professional w/ SP2ATI CATALYST 4.11, 4.12, 5.1
DirectX 9.0c End User Runtime
Xpand Rally Demo - HEXUS Custom Benchmark
Unreal Tournament 2004 Retail (patched up to 3323 - HEXUS custom
timedemo)
Sims 2 - HEXUS Custom Benchmark
DOOM 3 - Custom Timedemo - High quality
Far Cry (patched to v1.3) - Custom Timedemo
Half-Life 2 - HEXUS Custom Timedemo
Notes
As with our comparison last month, we'll be using the AGP 8x variant of ATI's Radeon X800 XT, to represent driver performance for their flagship R420 line-up in the AGP sector.
