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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 and hardware we used.

Mainboard

• ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe (Socket 939)

Processor

• AMD64 Athlon FX-57 processor (Socket 939)

Graphics Cards

• Radeon X1600 Pro 128Mb gDDR3 HIS Technology
• Radeon X1600 Pro 128Mb gDDR3 x2 HIS Technology
• GeForce 7300 GT (PCX) 256 MB, Galaxy Technology
• Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB HIS Technology

Monitor

• 2x Dell 2405FPW - up-to 1920x1200

Memory

• Corsair TWIN2X2048-8500C5 (SLI-Ready) DDR2 DIMMs (CM2X1024-8500C5) (review)

Power Supply Unit

• OCZ Technology Modstream 520W (review)

Software (Apps)

• Windows XP Professional SP2
• NVIDIA nForce 500 Platform Driver
• DirectX 9.0c End User Runtime
• Catalyst 6.5
• ForceWare 91.31
• RivaTuner 2.0 (tweak utility)

Software (Test suite)

• Far Cry (Guru3D custom timedemo)
• Splinter Cell (Guru3D custom timedemo)
• Half-Life 2  (Guru3D custom timedemo)
• 3DMark05
• 3DMark06
• AquaMark 3
• Doom 3
• Quake 4
• Serious Sam 2
• F.e.a.r