Page 5 - Test Setup

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 (Albatron)

Processor

Core 2 Quad QX6850 3GHz  1333 FSB (Conroe)

Graphics Cards

GeForce 8800 Ultra 768 MB

Memory

2048 MB (2x1024MB) DDR2 CAS4 @ 800 MHz AData
2048 MB (2x1024MB) DDR2 CAS5 @ 1066 MHz AData
2048 MB (2x1024MB) DDR2 CAS5 @ 1143 MHz OCZ Reaper
4096 MB (2x2048MB) DDR2 CAS5 @ 800 * 1066 MHz OCZ SLI Ready

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 April 2007 update
NVIDIA ForceWare Latest Official WHQL driver
NVIDIA nForce 590/680iplatform driver latest

Software benchmark suite

Sandra Memory Benchmark
Everest Memory Benchmark
PCMark05 Memory benchmark
Half-Life 2 - Episode 1
Crysis