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Meet the test rigs

Here you wil find the specifications of our test rigs.

We have just updated our graphics rigs to show the potential of the latest graphics. For the time being the cards tested on the new rigs will be marked with a * in the results table.

Graphics Rig 07 - 'Butch' and 'Sundance'
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
Intel Core 2 Extreme 2.93GHz 1GB Crucial PC2-667 DDR2
Western Digital WD1500ADFD Enermax EG485-VHB(G)
 
Graphics Rig - Original 'Butch' and 'Sundance'
ASUS P5AD-2E Premium    
CPU Intel Extreme Edition 3.73GHz Memory 1GB Crucial PC2-667 DDR2
Hard Drive Western Digital WD1200JB PSU Enermax EG485-VHB(G)
 
Graphics Rig - AGP - 'The Board With No Name'
Motherboard Intel D875PBZ    
CPU Intel P4 3.2GHz Memory 1GB Crucial PC3200 DDR400
Hard Drive Western Digital WD740 PSU Seasonic S16
 
Benchmarks used: 3DMark05, 3DMark06, HalfLife2, Doom3, Unreal Tournament04, F.E.A.R
 
Motherboard Testing - 'Hansel and Gretal'
   
AMD Athlon64 5000+ 2.8GHz Memory 1GB Crucial PC3200 DDR400
Hard Drive Seagate 7200.9 320GB PSU Seasonic SS-600
Graphics ATI Radeon X1900XTX    
 
   
Intel E6700 Core 2 Duo 2.6GHz Memory 1GB Crucial PC3200 DDR400
Seagate 7200.9 320GB Enermax EG485-VHB(G)
Graphics ATI Radeon X1900XTX    
 
Benchmarks used: SYSMark04SE, PCM05, 3DMark05, 3DMark06,Cinebench 9.5
 
Memory Testing - Silver Surfer
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
Intel Extreme Edition 3.73GHz ATI Radeon X1650 Pro
Western Digital WD740 Enermax EG565AX-VE
   
Benchmarks used: PCM05, Everest, Sandra. PassMark
 
Hard Drive Testing - Blue Meanie
Intel D925XECV2
Intel Extreme Edition 3.4GHz 1GB Crucial PC2-533 DDR2
Hitachi DeskStar7K250 Enermax EG701AX-VE (W)
nVidia GeForce 6800GT  
 
Benchmarks used: PCM05, HDTune, HDTach, PassMark