Benchmarking System Configuration; Test System Configurations; Table 5. Amd Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System - AMD 3800 - Processor - 1 x Athlon 64 Evaluation Manual

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Benchmarking System Configuration

This chapter describes the system configurations used for benchmarking and
provides setup procedures for the AMD Athlon™ 64 processors in this document.

Test System Configurations

Systems that are configured as described in the following tables are most likely to
demonstrate optimal system performance.
Table 5. AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System
Component Manufacturer
Processor
Operating
Microsoft®
System
Motherboard
BIOS
Hard Drive
Western Digital
(2)
RAM
Corsair
(4)
Video Card
NVIDIA
(2)
AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62
AMD
Dual-Core Processor
Windows® XP Professional
Windows Vista™
M2N32-SLI
ASUS
ASUS Crashfree BIOS 3
WD1500ADFD
CM2X1024-8500SD
7950 GX2 (Quad SLI mode)
1600x1200
Benchmarking System Configuration
AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide
Model
NVIDIA® nForce 590 SLI MCP
Deluxe
Raptor
Description
2.8 GHz clock frequency
Version 2002 (Service Pack 2)
RC2
SATA Driver 5.10.2600.652
Version 3092
SATA RAID 0
10k RPM 150 GB
1 GB PC8500 DDR2 DIMM
800 MHz
1 GB GDDR3 Onboard RAM,
Video Driver 6.14.10.9371
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