Test Systems

High-end rig #1

Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800
EVGA nForce 680i SLI motherboard
2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
XFX GeForce 8800 GT (stock clocks)
ForceWare 169.01

High-end rig #2

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe
2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
XFX GeForce 8800 GT (stock clocks)
ForceWare 169.01

Budget rig #1

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+
Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H
2GB OCZ PC2-6400 Platinum Revision 2 Dual Channel
XFX GeForce 8800 GT (stock clocks)
ForceWare 169.01

Budget rig #2

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H
2GB OCZ PC2-6400 Platinum Revision 2 Dual Channel
XFX GeForce 8800 GT (stock clocks)
ForceWare 169.01

Budget rig #3

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300
Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R
2GB OCZ PC2-6400 Platinum Revision 2 Dual Channel
XFX GeForce 8800 GT (stock clocks)
ForceWare 169.01

Windows XP Professional SP2

Benchmarks

Call of Duty 4 Demo Highest settings available in demo include extra quality textures
Unreal Tournament 3 Demo Highest settings available in demo (all 5s)
Crysis Demo High Settings