System Setup

Test Bed

AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (2.2GHz)
AMD Athlon XP 3200+ @ 2.4GHz (12.0 x 200MHz)
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (2.17GHz)
AMD Athlon XP 2700+ (2.17GHz)
Intel Pentium 4 3GHz

ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Rev. 2 nForce2 400 Ultra Motherboard
Intel D875PBZ 875P Motherboard

512MB Corsair XMS3200 CAS2 Memory

ATI RADEON 9800 Pro 128MB
Catalyst 3.2 Drivers

120GB Seagate Serial ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive
Reference Silicon Image Serial ATA RAID Controller

Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1

DirectX 9.0

Desktop resolution 1024x768, 32-bit color, 75Hz refresh

All power saving options were turned off, as were the Automatic Update and System Restore services. Graphics options under the ‘Performance’ tab were all disabled for maximum performance. We also disabled audio on the nForce2 board (the Intel D875PBZ does not have onboard audio).

Benchmarks

Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo
3D Mark 2003
Quake III: Arena; Demo001
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Comanche 4
Business Winstone 2002
Content Creation Winstone 2002
SiSoft Sandra 2003