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Review
Tom's Hardware, Jun. 12, 2007
Vigor's Quadfather Uses AMD Quad FX CPUs
| Thomas Soderstrom, Shelton Romhanyi |
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Test Configuration
| System Hardware |
| Processor |
2x AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 4X4, 3.00GHz, 2000 HT Speed, 2MB Cache |
| Motherboard |
Asus L1N64-SLI WS, BIOS: AMI 0205 (01/18/07) |
| RAM |
Corsair CM2X1024-8500C5 PC2-8500
4096 MB, CAS 5-5-5-15 |
| Hard Drive |
WDC WD5000YS-01MPB1
500 GB, 7200 RPM, 16 MB Cache, SATA 3 Gb/s
2x WDC WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 RAID 0
150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB Cache, SATA 1.5 Gb/s |
| Networking |
Nvidia nForce onboard Gigabit Ethernet NIC |
| Graphics Cards |
Card 1: XFX GeForce 8800 GTX
Card 2: XFX GeForce 8800 GTX
GPU: 630 MHz
RAM: 768 MB 1800 MHz |
| Power Supply |
Enermax Galaxy 1000W Crossfire/SLI Ready |
| System Software & Drivers |
| OS |
Microsoft Windows XP Pro 5.1.2600 |
| DirectX Version |
9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Platform Driver |
AMD INF 1.2.3.0 |
| Graphics Driver |
6.14.10.9792 - Nvidia ForceWare 97.92 |
Benchmarks And Settings
| Benchmarks and Settings |
| 3D-Games |
| F.E.A.R |
Version: 1.0 Retail
Video Mode: 1024x768
Computer: Maximum
Graphics: Maximum-Custom-No Softshadows
Test Path: Options/Performance/Test Settings |
| Doom 3 |
Version: 1.3
Video Mode: 1024x768
Graphics: High
Test: Time Demo 1 |
| Oblivion |
Version: 1.0 Retail
Video Mode: 1024x768
Graphics: High, 4xAA
Test: Inside & Outside save files |
| Audio |
| Lame MP3 |
Version 3.97 Beta 2 (12-22-2005)
Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min
wave to mp3
160 kbps |
| OGG |
Version 1.1.2 (Intel P4 MOD)
Version 1.1.2 (Intel AMD MOD)
Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min
wave to ogg
Quality: 5 |
| Video |
| TMPEG 3.0 Express |
Version: 3.0.4.24 (no Audio)
fist 5 Minutes DVD Terminator 2 SE (704x576) 16:9
Multithreading by rendering |
| DivX 6.1 |
Version: 6.1
Profile: High Definition Profile
1-pass, 3000 kb/s
Encoding mode: Insane Quality
Enhanced multithreading
no Audio |
| XviD 1.1.0 |
Version: 1.1.0 Beta 2
Target qantizer: 1.00 |
| Applications |
| Autodesk 3D Studio Max |
Version: 8.0
Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"
rendering HTDV 1920x1080 & 1280x720 |
| Synthetics |
| SPECviewperf 9 |
Version: 9.0.3 |
| PCMark05 Pro |
Version: 1.1.0
System, CPU and Memory Tests
Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646
Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980 |
| 3DMark05 |
Version: 1.2
System Test Only |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2005 |
Version 2005.7.10.60
CPU Test = Arithmetic, Multimedia Benchmarks
Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
| SYSmark 2007 Preview |
Version: 1.01
System Benchmark |
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