Hardware

Abbiamo messo a confronto quattro motherboard X48 Express, mettendo sull'altro piatto della bilancia la nostra scheda di riferimento X38. Non ci aspettavamo numeri da capogiro e, in effetti, non ne abbiamo visti. Il nuovo chipset è interessante, ma non strabiliante. Lasciamo a voi la scelta della prossima scheda madre.

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Hardware

Socket 775 Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6850
(Conroe 65 nm, 3.00 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache)  
DDR3 System Memory Crucial Ballistix BL12864BA1608.8SFB DDR3-1600
  2x 1024 MB at DDR3-1066, CL 5.0-5-5-15
DDR2 System Memory Crucial Ballistix BL12864AA804.16FD3 DDR2-800
  2x 1024 MB at DDR2-1066, CL 5.0-5-5-15
Hard Drive (System) Western Digital WD1500ADFD-00NLR1, Firmware: 20.07P20
  150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150
Hard Drives (Empty) 2x Gigabyte I-RAM BOX (4 GB SATA150)
Graphics Card Gigabyte GV-RX385512H (Radeon HD 3850)
  670MHz GPU, 512MB GDDR3-1660
Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X (PCI-Express)
Power Supply Coolermaster RS850-EMBA (850W, ATX12V v2.2)
System Software & Drivers
OS Windows Vista Ultimate 6.0.6000 (Vista Retail)
DirectX Version DirectX 10.0
Platform Drivers Intel INF 8.6.0.1006
Graphics Driver ATI Catalyst 8.4

Impostazioni benchmark

3D-Games
Crysis Version: 1.1
  Video Modes: 800x600 (low), 1920x1200 (high)
  Video Quality: Low Details (low), Very High Details (high)
  Anti-aliasing: Off (low), 8x (high)
  Benchmark: Benchmark_CPU.bat
Supreme Commander Version: 3.220
  Video Modes: 1024x768 (low), 1920x1200 (high)
  Video Quality: Lowest Details (low), Highest Details (high)
  Anti-aliasing: Off (low), 8x (high)
  Graphics: Medium
  Test Path: Options/Performance/Test Settings
Unreal Tournament 3 Version: 1.2 (Dual-Core Patch)
  Video Modes: 640x480 (low), 1920x1200 (high)
  Video Quality: Lowest Details (low), Highest Details (high)
  Post Processing: Default (low), Intense (high)
  Benchmark: 16-bot botmatch (war-marketdistrict)
Applications
Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus Version: 7.5.467
  Virus Base: 269.6.1/776
  Benchmark: Scanning 3.82GB Application Folder
Maxon Cinema 4D Version: 10.008
  Resolution: 1280 x 1024
  Benchmark: Rose Drop, 8-bits (50 Frames)
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Version: 10.0x20070321
  Filtering from a 69 MB TIF-Photo
  Benchmark: Tom’s Guide-Benchmark V1.0.0.4
Rarlab Winrar Version 3.70 BETA 8
  Compression = Best
  Dictionary = 4096 KB
  Uncompressed Folder Size: 642MB
Video
TMPEGEnc 4.0 Xpress Version: 4.2.10.211
  Import File: Terminator 2 SE DVD (2 Minutes)
  Resolution: 720x576 (PAL) 16:9
  Audio: Dolby Digital, 48000 Hz, 6-Channel, English
  Advanced Acoustic Engine MP3 Encoder (160kb/s)
DivX 6.6 Version: 6.6.1
  Profile: Home Theater Profile (720 x 576)
  1-pass, 780 kb/s
  Encoding mode: Insane Quality
  Enhanced multithreading
XviD 1.1.2 Version: 1.1.2
  Target quantizer: 1.00 (maximum quality)
Clone DVD 2 Version: 2.908
  DVD "Terminator II SE" (English version)
  Transcoding from DVD-9 to DVD-4.7
  Audio: English Dolby AC-3/6 (surround) - DTS
  Subtitles: None
Synthetics
SiSoftware Sandra XII Version 2008.4.14.20
  Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark
Hard Drive Performance
Low Level Performance pbenchw 3.6 (by c’t Magazine)
I/O Performance IOMeter 2003.05.10
  Fileserver Benchmark
  Webserver Benchmark
  Database Benchmark
  Workstation Benchmark
Audio
Rightmark Audio Analyzer Version: 6.0.6
  Stream Quality: 16 bits, 44.1 KHz