Test System SetupProcessor(s): Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3GHz (333MHz x 9)
Cooling: Corsair Nautilus500 (Supplied by
Corsair) with Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (Supplied by
Arctic Cooling)
Motherboard(s): ASUS Blitz Extreme (Supplied by
ASUS)
Memory: 2 X 1GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1066MHz 7-7-7-21 (Supplied by
Corsair)
Hard Disk(s): Hitachi 80GB 7200RPM SATA-2
Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Vista
Drivers: Catalyst 7.10, Catalyst 7.11 and DX9c
There isn’t anything promised in the way of game performance increases this time around so let’s just get straight into the benchmarks.
3DMark05Version and / or Patch Used: Build 130
Developer Homepage: http://www.futuremark.comProduct Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark05/Buy It Here3DMark05 is now the second latest version in the popular 3DMark “Gamers Benchmark” series. It includes a complete set of DX9 benchmarks which tests Shader Model 2.0 and above.
For more information on the 3DMark05 benchmark, we recommend you read our preview
here.
Not a good start for the latest drivers with performance pretty much down across the board.
