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Author: HQH
Released: January 11, 2003
Updated: January 12, 2003
     

  Setup  
System Information
Audio: Creative Sound Blaster Live! Value
CPU: Intel Celeron 300A - 300 MHz w/128 KB L2 cache
HDD: Maxtor, model 54610H6, 46.1 GB, 7200 RPM, UDMA/ATA-100, 2 MB cache.
Memory: 320 MB of SDRAM (one 64 MB SDRAM PC-100, two 128 MB SDRAM PC-133), CAS Latency 3
Motherboard: Abit BH6 v1.2, BIOS version SP
OS: Windows XP Pro w/SP1

Benchmarks
3DMark2001 SE build 330: Synthentic benchmark using Direct3D. You can get it here.
PCMark2002: Synthetic benchmark for overall PC performance. You can get it here.
Half-Life v1.1.1.0: OpenGL & Direct3D. No software mode tested.

Benchmark Settings
3DMark2001 SE build 330: Disable title screens between tests. All the rest are at default settings.
PCMark2002: Ran with default settings.
Half-Life: Enable EAX hardware support. All the rest are at default settings. Resolution set at 1024x768.

CPU Overclocking
300 MHz: 4.5 * 66, front side bus is 66 MHz (default)
450 MHz: 4.5 * 100, front side bus is 100 MHz
510 MHz: 4.5 * 113, front side bus is 113 MHz

Note: No change in core voltages when overclocking (except for 3DMark2001 SE, CPU at 510 MHz, it is raised to 2.05V from 2V).

Video Cards & Driver Versions
3dfx Voodoo3 2000 16 MB: Windows XP Pro driver; Amigamerlin 2.5 XP.
3dfx Voodoo3 3000 16 MB: Windows XP Pro driver; Amigamerlin 2.5 XP.
ATI Rage Pro 8 MB: Windows XP Pro driver; ATI J5.30.1-B02 (5.10.2600.6010).
Nvidia GeForce2 MX 400 32 MB: Windows XP Pro driver; Nvidia 41.09.

Misc. Notes
- No tweaks were applied to the game nor driver settings. Everything is left stock, and ran as default, unless noted in the above Benchmark Settings.
- Desktop is set at 1024x768 at 32 bit colors.
- Virtual memory is disabled. Out of 320 MB of RAM, 200 MB was left over and available after Windows XP Pro booted.
- Game and programs were installed on the Maxtor hard drive listed above under System Information. The HDD is on IDE channel 2 set as Master. This HDD isn't where Windows is installed.
- The Maxtor 54610H6 is an UDMA/ATA-100 HDD, but due to the Abit BH6 v1.2 motherboard's interface limitation, it can only be set as UDMA/ATA-33 mode.
- Before each single consecutive benchmark, a reboot is done.

PCMark2002

     
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