System Setup and Notes
We compared the P5W64 to the Intel D975XBX, just as represented here in our review of the Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 microprocessor. We used X6800 again to test the ASUS P5W64 WS Pro, along with the same 2GiB of Corsair at PC2-6400 speeds, and a Radeon X1900 XTX at the graphics helm. The specifics are as follows.Hardware
| System | ASUS P5W64 WS Pro System | Intel D975XBX Bad Axe System |
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| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 (2.93GHz, 4MiB L2 cache, LGA775) | |
| Motherboard | ASUS P5W64 WS Pro | Intel D975XBX Bad Axe rev. 304 |
| Memory | 2GiB (2 x 1024) Corsair PC8500 | |
| Memory timings and speed | 4-4-4-12 2T @ 800MHz (PC6400) | |
| Graphics card(s) | ATI Radeon X1900 XTX 512MiB | |
| Disk drive(s) | Maxtor 300GB SATA (6V300FO) | |
| BIOS revision | 0116 (01/08/06) | 1304 (20/06/06) |
| Mainboard software | Intel Inf Update 8.0.0.1009 | |
| Graphics driver | CATALYST 6.8 | Operating System | Windows XP Professional, w/ SP2, 32-bit |
Software
We ran the mainboards through our usual array of benchmarks.| 2D Benchmarks |
ScienceMark Memory Bandwidth ScienceMark Memory Latency HEXUS Pifast calculation to 10M places HEXUS Cryptography Realstorm Raytracing 2004 KribiBench v1.1 HEXUS WAV encoding HEXUS DivX encoding Cinebench 2003 v9.5 |
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| 3D Benchmarks |
Far Cry v1.33 Quake 4 v1.04 Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Futuremark 3DMark05 b1.2.0 |
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Notes
The usual bits apply here. We ran each benchmark a trio of times, discarding the outer results and reporting the middle one. If any of the three results looked erroneous, we threw all three away until we could collect three within a margin of statistical error. Any major attempts needed to get three reliable results we let you know about, of course. Apart from that, things are as noted on the graphs and in the graph commentary. Want to know more? Hit up the HEXUS.community.Not only will we answer your questions about this review, you'll also find probably the friendliest and helpful set of technically-minded folks this side of, well, nowhere. Heart the guys and gals that make the community, go join if you haven't already.
CPU-Z and other bits
Device Manager
CPU-Z Processor
CPU-Z Mainboard
