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Hardware and Software Used
Now we begin the benchmark portion of this article, but first let me show you our test system plus the software we used.
Mainboard
nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI (eVGA)
Processor
Core 2 Duo X6800 Extreme (Conroe)
Graphics Cards
Various DirectX 10 cards
Memory
2048 MB (2x1024MB) DDR2 CAS4 @ 1142 MHz Dominator Corsair
Power Supply Unit
Enermax Galaxy 1000 Watt
Monitor
Dell 3007WFP - up-to 2560x1600
OS related Software
Windows Vista Business Edition
DirectX 9.0c End User Runtime October update
NVIDIA ForceWare 158.45
ATI Catalyst 7.5
NVIDIA nForce 590/680iplatform driver latest
Software benchmark suite
3DMark05
3DMark06
S.t.a.l.k.e.r.
War Front: Turning Point
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warrior
DiRT - Colin McRae
F.e.a.r.
Prey
Serious Sam 2
Call of Juarez benchmark
