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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.

Mainboards

ASUS A8N32-MVP DeLuxe (Crossfire)
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe

Processors

Athlon FX-57
Core 2 Duo E6700 (Conroe)

Graphics Cards

ATI Radeon X1650 XT 256MB (x2)
ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256 MB (x2)
GeForce 7900 GS 256 MB (NVIDIA)

Memory

2048 MB (2x1024MB) DDR Corsair
2048 MB (2x1024MB) DDR2 Corsair

Power Supply Unit

1000 Watt

Monitor

Dell 3007WFP - up-to 2560x1600

OS related Software

Windows XP Professional SP2
DirectX 9.0c End User Runtime March update
ATI Catalyst 6.10
NVIDIA ForceWare 91.47 WHQL

NVIDIA nForce platform driver

Software benchmark suite

3DMark05
3DMark06
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warrior
F.e.a.r.
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Splinter Cell 3: Chaos Theory
X3: The Reunion
Prey
Call of Duty 2
Serious Sam 2
Battlefield 2