PCI Express Scaling Analysis

Test Setup

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System Hardware
Socket 775Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (Conroe 65 nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache)
MotherboardMSI 975X Platinum PowerUp EditionChipset: Intel 975X, BIOS: 2007-01-24
Common Hardware
RAM2x 1024 MB DDR2-8000 (CL 4.0-4-4-12)Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 XMS6403v1.1
Graphics Card IHIS X1900XTX IceQ3GPU: ATI Radeon X1900XTX (650 MHz)RAM: 512 MB GDDR3 (1,550 MHz)
Graphics Card IIZotec GeForce 8800 GTSGPU: GeForce 8800 GTS (500 MHz)RAM: 320 MB GDDR3 (1,200 MHz)
Hard Drive400 GB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/300Western Digital WD4000KD
DVD-ROMGigabyte GO-D1600C (16x)
Software
Graphics Driver IATI Catalyst Suite 7.2
Graphics Driver IINvidia ForceWare 97.92
Platform Drivers IntelChipset Installation Utility 8.1.1.1010
DirectXVersion: 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
OSWindows XP Professional, Build 2600 SP2
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Benchmarks and Settings
3D-Games
Call Of Duty 2Version: 1.3 RetailVideo Mode: 1600x1200Anti Aliasing: 4xTexture Filter: AnisotropicTimedemo demo2
Quake 4Version: 1.2 (Dual-Core Patch)Video Mode: 1600x1200Video Quality: Ultra (ATI)/High(Nvidia)Anti Aliasing: 4xMulti CPU: YesTHG Timedemo waste.maptimedemo demo8.demo 1 (1 = load textures)
Applications
SPECviewperf 9Version: 9.03All Tests
3D Mark06Version: 1.1Video Mode: 1600x1200Anti Aliasing: 4xAnisotropic Filter: 8x
Patrick Schmid
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