Benchmarks
Benchmarks, Games, DVD & Listening
The review system suffered a massive meltdown due to a PSU failure, causing both a delay in this review and a significant change in the system configuration.
System Config:
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CPU: Athlon XP 1700+@1466MHz
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Memory: 1Gb Crucial PC2100
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Mobo: Asus A7N8X-D 1007 Uber
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Video: eVGA GeForce FX5900SE (400/700MHz core/mem)
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Video Driver: Nvidia ref. 53.03
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Disk: 2x120Gb Seagate Barricuda 7200.7 SATA RAID 0
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OS: WinXP SP1, DX9b (4.09.0000.902)
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Audio: Terratec DMX 6-fire (5.40.0003.0130)
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Audio: AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 (1.992-s3511d)
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Audio: Creative Audigy2 ZS (5.12.0001.0441)
The AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 replaces the M-Audio Revolution 7.1 for its newer Sensaura3D algorithms and better performance in games.
Software used:
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Halo
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Tron 2.0
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UT2004 demo
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Call of Duty
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RMAA 5.3
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RightMark 3Dsound 1.01
Each benchmark, with the exception of the RightMark 3Dsound tests, were run 3 times and averaged. RightMark 3Dsound does it's own averaging, so re-running isn't particularly helpful. In addition, FRAPS was used on games that did not have a decent benchmark utility, which was everything except Halo. The resolutions were limited to 800x600x32bpp in order to rule out the video card as a limit.