Review: Stuart
"Veridian3"
Davidson
Editor/Design: Allan "Zardon"
Campbell
REVIEW SETUP
Hardware:
Club3d XGI Volari V8 Duo 256mb
Intel Pentium 4 2.4c stock &
Intel Pentium 4 2.4c @ 3.0ghz (250fsb)
Abit AI7
2x256mb DDR3200 CL 2.5 (twinmos)
IBM Deskstar 120gxp 40GB 7200rpm Hard Drive.
Sony CRX300E DVD/CDRW
Sony Floppy Drive
Antec True Power 550W
AOC 19” 9GLR CRT
Software:
Windows XP, SP1a
Direct X 9.0b
Reactor 1.01.51
Intel Chipset Drivers
3d Mark 2001SE
3d Mark 2003 build 340
Unreal Tournament 2003
Aquamark3
Need For Speed Underground
Max Payne 2: The Fall Of Max Payne
Call of Duty
FarCry Demo |
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The test system was built from scratch,
a format of the hard drive was performed (NTFS) and then Windows XP
was installed. Following the completion of the install the chipset
drivers were installed. The only updates applied were SP1a and Direct
X 9.0b. Following a reboot the Reactor drivers were installed. Next
the benchmarking tools were installed and finally the hard drive was
de-fragmented.
For all tests the drivers were set to best image quality.
Good Benchmarking Practice:
Where possible each benchmark was performed 3 times and the middle
result for each resolution/setting is shown in the tables which follow.
After changing any Anti-Aliasing (AA) or Anisotropic Filtering (AF)
setting and before a benchmark was run the system was rebooted. All
games/applications had their latest patches applied.
Next: 3Dmark
2001/2003
