System Setup

System Setup

AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 (939)
AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 (940)
AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 (940)
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (939)
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (754)
Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz Extreme Edition (800MHz bus)
Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz (90nm, 1MB L2)
Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz (130nm, 512KB L2)

MSI 6702E Socket 939 K8T800 Pro Motherboard
ASUS SK8N Socket 940 nForce3 150 Motherboard
Gigabyte K8VNXP Socket 754 K8T800 Motherboard
ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe Socket 478 875P Motherboard

1GB Corsair 2-3-2-6 PC3200 DDR Memory (2x512MB)
1GB Mushkin Registered ECC 2-3-2 PC3200 DDR Memory (2x512MB)
1GB Corsair Pro Series 3-4-4 PC4000 DDR Memory (2x512MB)

GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256MB
Detonator 56.56 and 56.72

34GB Western Digital Raptor (10,000RPM, 8MB cache)

Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1

DirectX 9.0b

Desktop resolution 1024x768, 32-bit color, 85Hz 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.

Benchmarks

PC Magazine Business Winstone 2004
PC Magazine Content Creation Winstone 2004
SiSoft Sandra 2004
Futuremark PCMark04
Futuremark 3D Mark03 v.340
Novalogic Comanche 4
Square Enix Final Fantasy XI Benchmark 2
Epic Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo
Epic Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo
Ubisoft IL2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles
id Software Quake III v.1.32
Yeti Studios Gun Metal Demo