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Hardware and Software Used
Now we begin the benchmark portion of this article, but first let me show you our test system plus the software we used.
Mainboards
NVIDIA NFORCE 590 SLI Intel Edition mainboard (reference)
NVIDIA NFORCE 590 SLI AMD edition mainboard (Foxconn C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H)
NVIDIA NFORCE 680i SLI Intel eVGA mainboard
NVIDIA NFORCE 680i LT SLI Intel eVGA mainboard
Processors
AMD64 Athlon FX-62
Core 2 Duo E6600 clocked at 2.4 GHz and then overclocked at 3.5 GHz
Graphics Card
GeForce 7950 GX2 1024MB (SLi)
Memory
2048 MB (2x1024MB) DDR2 CAS5 1142 MHz Dominator Corsair
Power Supply Unit
Enermax Galaxy 1000W
Monitor
2x Dell 2405FPW - up-to 1920x1200
OS related Software
Windows XP Professional SP2
DirectX 9.0c End User Runtime February update
NVIDIA ForceWare 91.33
NVIDIA nForce 680 platform driver 9.37
Software benchmark suite
PCMark 2004
SiSoft Sandra
MPEG Encoding
DiVX Encoding
WMV Encoding
Virus Check
File Encoding/Decoding
Everest
AquaMark 3
Doom 3
Ghost Recon: AW
F.e.a.r.
Serious Sam 2