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Benchmark Setup

Our benchmark system consisted of the following:

• AMD Athlon 64 3000+
• 2x512 MB OCZ PC4200 EL Memory @ 200Mhz 2.5-3-3-8 1T
• Gigabyte GA-K8VT890-9 (VIA Hyperion 4.55vp1)
• Gigabyte K8N Ultra-SLI (nForce 4 SLI) ( nForce4 Standalone Kit 6.39 Beta)
• Soltek K890Pro-939 (VIA K8T890) (VIA Hyperion 4.55vp1)
• DFI LanParty NF4 Ultra-D (nForce 4 Ultra) ( nForce4 Standalone Kit 6.37 Beta)
• Western Digital WD1200JD SATA hard drive
• NVIDIA Reference 6600 GT 128 MB PCI-Express (ForceWare 66.39)

A list of benchmarks performed follows:

• Business Winstone 2004
• HDTach
• NTTCP
• LAME MP3
• Rightmark Audio
• SiSoft Sandra
• Comanche 4
• Doom 3
• Halo
• Half-Life 2
• Call of Duty
• Unreal Tournament 2004
• X2 Rolling Demo