System setup
| System | AMD 890GX Phenom II X4 965 BE |
AMD 785G Phenom II X4 965 BE |
Intel H55 Core i5 661 |
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| Processors | AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE (3.40GHz, 2MB L2, 6MB L3, AM3, quad-core, £137) | AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE (3.40GHz, 2MB L2, 6MB L3, AM3, quad-core, £137) | Intel Core i5 661 (3.33GHz, 512KB L2, 4MB L3, dual-core, £161 |
| Motherboard | ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 (890GX + SB850), approx. £130 | Gigabyte MA785GPMT-UD2H (785G + SB710), £70 | Intel DH55TC (Intel H55 + ICH10R), £78 |
| BIOS revision | 0402 (09/02/10) | F4c beta (12/11/09) | 0027 (19/11/09) |
| Memory | 4GB (2 x 2GB) Kingston HyperX KHX1600C8D3K2/4GX | 4GB (2 x 2GB) Kingston HyperX KHX1600C8D3K2/4GX | 4GB (2 x 2GB) Crucial DDR3-1333 |
| Memory timings and speed | 9-9-9-24-2T @ DDR3-1,607MHz | 9-9-9-24-2T @ DDR3-1,607MHz | 9-9-9-24-1T @ DDR3-1,330MHz |
| Hard disk drive | Seagate 1000GB SATAII (ST31000528AS) | ||
| Optical drive | Samsung SH-D163 SATA DVD-ROM | ||
| Motherboard software | Standard drivers + AHCI 3.1.1540.127 | Standard drivers + AHCI 3.1.1540.127 | Intel Inf 9.1.1.1020 + Matrix Storage Manager 9.5.0.1037 |
| Graphics | ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP | ATI Radeon HD 4200 IGP | Intel HD Graphics IGP |
| Graphics driver | Catalyst 10.3 beta | Catalyst 9.11 | 15.16.4.64.2008_PV (8.15.10.2008) |
| Operating system | Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit | ||
| Power supply | Corsair CX400W | ||
| Monitor | Dell 2405FPW/Dell 3007WFP-HC | ||
Software
| Benchmarks | ScienceMark 2.0 memory latency SiSoft Sandra 2010 (16.11), float buffered HEXUS.PiFast calculation to 10m places CINEBENCH R10 multi-CPU render 64-bit POV-Ray 3.7.0 beta 34 64-bit StaxRip X.264 + AAC encoder - two-pass (both passes recorded) Company of Heroes: Opposing Forces v2.5 - DX9 and DX10 Call of Duty 4: MW v1.7.568 - DX9 Enemy Territory: Quake Wars v1.5 - OpenGL Power-draw at idle and 2D load, as a platform HDTach - SATA average read speed (890GX only) |
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