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 DDR-3 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 8.1
Instead of worrying about all the lower resolutions and what not we’ve decided to keep it simple. The minimum resolution we’ve run here is 1920 x 1200 and when possible we’ve also ran 2560 x 1600. The only game to differ from this is FEAR which uses resolutions as close to the aforementioned ones as possible.
We’re still using the official Catalyst 8.1 driver as well.
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.
Our first test shows the X2 coming out in front, though not by a huge margin.
