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Test Setup 

Hardware for testing of the Gigabyte P35-DS3R:

• Intel Core 2 E4300 processor (socket LGA775, 1.8GHz)
• Intel Core 2 E6400 processor (socket LGA775, 2.66 GHz)
• Intel Core 2 E6600 processor (socket LGA775, 2.40 GHz)
• Intel Core 2 E6700 Processor (socket LGA775, 2.66GHz)
• Intel Core 2 Quad QX6700 processor (socket LGA775, 2.66GHz)
• XFX GeForce 7800 GT video card
• Gigabyte P35-DS3R motherboard
• Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard
• Western Digital WD1200JD SATA hard drive
• Noctua NH-U 12 heatsink with two 12cm fans
• Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA2 drive
• 2 * 1024 MB Corsair PC2-8888 memory @ 4-4-4-12/2T
• Corsair HX620W Modular power supply

Benchmarks Used

Software used during testing consisted of the following:

• Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2
• NVIDIA ForceWare 84.21 drivers
• CineBench 2003
• LAME MP3 Encoding
• PC Magazine Business Winstone 2004
• PC Magazine Multimedia Content Creation 2004
• POV-Ray 3.7 beta 13
• RightMark Memory Analyzer
• SiSoft Sandra
• TMPGEnc MPEG2 Encoding
• WinRAR
• Call of Duty
• Comanche 4
• Doom 3
• Far Cry
• Halo
• Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
• Unreal Tournament 2004

Please note that we are showing overclocked results in all the charts - we are not holding you in suspense until the end of the article. :-) We are also presenting you with a FULL set of overclocked benchmarks - our test sytems were all stable at the settings shown with air cooling, thanks to our Noctua NH-U 12 heatsink and accompanied Noctua 120mm fans. Please take added note that the chart labels incorporate a lot of information about the test configuration. The first line shows the socket type and the model of the processor. Since all the processors shown are dual-core devices, we did not specify that on the charts.

The second line shows the "FSB/HT clock rate" x "CPU multiplier" followed by the effective DDR2 memory speed. Please note further that all of the DDR2 tests were run at 4-4-4-12/2T timings unless otherwise specified.

Now we can finally go over the results of our testing!