Configurazione di prova

I produttori di motherboard iniziano a supportare la tecnologia dual graphics di ATi. Abbiamo provato le proposte di Asus, DFI e MSI: Asus A8R-MVP, DFI LANParty UT RDX200 CF-DR e MSI RD480 Neo2

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Configurazione di prova

Hardware di sistema
Socket 939 Processor AMD Athlon X2 4800+

(Italy 90 nm, 2.4 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache)

RAM Crucial 18VDDF12872G-40BD3

2x 1024 MB DDR400 (200 MHz, CL2-2-2-5, 1T)

Hard Drive Western Digital WD740 Raptor

74 GB, 10,000 rpm, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150

Networking Broadcom BCM5751 PCI-Express GbE Controller
Graphics Cards Extreme N7800GT/2DHTV (PCI Express x16)

GeForce 7800GT (400 MHz), 256 MB GDDR3 (500 MHz)

Graphics Card II ATI Radeon X850XT (PCI Express x16)

Radeon X850XT (450 MHz), 256 MB GDDR3 (500 MHz)

Power Supply Enermax EG565P-VE, ATX 2.01, 535 W
Software & Drivers
OS Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
DirectX Version 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Platform Drivers ATI Catalyst 5.1
Graphics Driver ATI Catalyst 5.1
Platform Drivers NVIDIA nForce4 6.82 X16
Graphics Driver NVIDIA ForceWare 81.85
Platform Drives Hyperion Pro 5.04

Benchmark e impostazioni

Benchmark e impostazioni
OpenGL
Doom III Version: 1.0.1262

1280x1024, 32 Bit

Video Quality = High Quality

demo1

Graphics detail = High Quality

Wolfenstein Version: 2.56 (Patch V 1.02)
Enemy Territory 1280x1024, 32 Bit

timedemo 1 / demo demo4

Geometric detail = high

Texture detail = high

DirectX 8
Unreal Tournament 2004 Version: 3204

1280x1024, 32 Bit, Audio = off

THG8-assault-single

DirectX 9
FarCry Version 1.1 Build 1256

1280x1024 - 32 Bit

quality options = High

3DMark 2005 Version 1.0

1024x786, 32 Bit

Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark

Video
Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus Version: 9.4.3

from: 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MB

to: 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MB

Encoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2/DVD

no Audio

Auto Gordian Knot

DivX 6

XviD 1.1

Version: 2.16

Audio = AC3 6ch

Custom size = 100 MB

Resolution settings = Fixed width

Codec = XviD and DivX 5

Audio = CBR MP3, kbps 192

182 MB VOB MPEG2-source

Windows Media Encoder Version: 9.00.00.2980

720x480 DV to WMV

320x240 (29.97 fps)

282 kbps streaming

Audio
Lame MP3 Version 3.97.1 Multi-threaded Alpha

Wave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp3

32 - 320 kbit

VBR = level 3

libvorbis OGG Version: 1.0.1

WAV 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to ogg

quality = 5

Applicazioni
WinRAR Version 3.51

283 MB, 246 Files

Compression = Best

Dictionary = 4096 kB

3DS Max 7 Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"

1600x1200

Rendering Single

Cinema 4D Version R9

Lanz.c4d

800x600

Cinebench Version 2003

Rendering

Lightwave 3D Version 8.2

Variations.lws

POV-Ray Version 3.7

Skyvase.pov

4800x3600

Sintetici
PCMark 2005 Pro Version: 1.1.0

System, CPU and Memory Tests

SiSoftware Sandra Pro Version 2005, SR2

CPU Test I = CPU Arithmetic Benchmark

CPU Test II = Multimedia Benchmark

Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark

ScienceMark Version 2.0

All Tests