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The Testbed
| Processor | Intel Pentium 4 560 (3.6GHz) Socket 775 |
| Memory | Two 512MB Micron PC4200 DDR2 SDRAM |
| Hard Drive | Two 250GB Maxtor MaXLine III in SATA RAID |
| Chipset Drivers | Intel Chipset Driver 6.0.1.1002 Intel Application Accelerator 4.5.0.6515 |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT PCIe |
| Graphics Card Driver | NVIDIA ForceWare 61.77 |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Power Supply | HiPro 460W |
| Motherboards | ASUS P5AD2 Premium (Intel 925X) Socket 775 |
Testing The ASUS PEG Link Mode
We set all the settings in the motherboard BIOS to Auto with the following exceptions :-
- Performance Mode was set to Turbo.
- HyperPath 2 was Enabled.
- PEG Link Mode was set to either the Normal (Disabled) or Faster (Enabled) modes.
- The memory timings were set to use the SPD settings.
- All onboard devices were disabled except for onboard LAN.
- Sound was enabled only for the Call Of Duty benchmark because it wouldn't run without sound.
We ran all the tests twice (except for Farcry, Unreal Tournament 2004 and Splinter Cell) and averaged the results.
