Hardware di prova

La storia dei chipset nVidia, finora, ha visto prodotti appena sufficienti. Il nuovo 790i-SLI però, mostra capacità di alto livello, che possono reggere il confronto con il nostro attuale punto di riferimento, l'Intel X-48. Le nostre prove mostrano che nel campo dei chipset si è aperto un nuovo fronte, a tutto vantaggio dei consumatori.

Hardware di prova

Sistema
Processore su Socket 775	Intel Core 2 Duo E6850
	(Conroe 65 nm, 3.00 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache)
Memoria di sistema DDR3	Crucial Ballistix BL12864BA1608.8SFB DDR3-1600
	2x 1024 MB at DDR3-1066, CL 5.0-5-5-15
Memoria di sistema DDR2	Crucial Ballistix BL12864AA804.16FD3 DDR2-800
	2x 1024 MB at DDR2-1066, CL 5.0-5-5-15
Hard Drive (sistema)	Western Digital WD1500ADFD-00NLR1, Firmware: 20.07P20
	150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150
Hard Drives (vuoti)	2x Gigabyte I-RAM BOX (4 GB SATA150)
Scheda grafica	Gigabyte GV-RX385512H (Radeon HD 3850)
	670MHz GPU, 512MB GDDR3-1660
Scheda audio	Asus Xonar D2X (PCI-Express)
Alimentazione	Coolermaster RS850-EMBA (850W, ATX12V v2.2)
Driver e software di sistema
SO	Windows Vista Ultimate 6.0.6000 (Vista Retail)
Versione DirectX	DirectX 10.0
Drivers di piattaforma	nVidia nForce Version 9.64
Driver Grafici	ATI Catalyst 8.4

Impostazioni benchmark

Benchmark e impostazioni
Giochi 3D
Crysis	Version: 1.1
	Video Modes: 800x600 (low), 1920x1200 (high)
	Video Quality: Low Details (low), Very High Details (high)
	Anti-aliasing: Off (low), 8x (high)
	Benchmark: Benchmark_CPU.bat
Supreme Commander	Version: 3.220
	Video Modes: 1024x768 (low), 1920x1200 (high)
	Video Quality: Lowest Details (low), Highest Details (high)
	Anti-aliasing: Off (low), 8x (high)
	Graphics: Medium
	Test Path: Options/Performance/Test Settings
Unreal Tournament 3	Version: 1.2 (Dual-Core Patch)
	Video Modes: 640x480 (low), 1920x1200 (high)
	Video Quality: Lowest Details (low), Highest Details (high)
	Post Processing: Default (low), Intense (high)
	Benchmark: 16-bot botmatch (war-marketdistrict)
Applicazioni
Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus	Version: 7.5.467
	Virus Base: 269.6.1/776
	Benchmark: Scanning 3.82GB Application Folder
Maxon Cinema 4D	Version: 10.008
	Resolution: 1280x1024
	Benchmark: Rose Drop, 8 bits (50 Frames)
Adobe Photoshop CS3	Version: 10.0x20070321
	Filtering from a 69 MB TIF-Photo
	Benchmark: Tom's Guide-Benchmark V1.0.0.4
Rarlab Winrar	Version 3.70 BETA 8
	Compression = Best
	Dictionary = 4096 kB
	Uncompressed Folder Size: 642 MB
Video
TMPEGEnc 4.0 Xpress	Version: 4.2.10.211
	Import File: Terminator 2 SE DVD (2 Minutes)
	Resolution: 720x576 (PAL) 16:9
	Audio: Dolby Digital, 48000 Hz, 6-Channel, English
	Advanced Acoustic Engine MP3 Encoder (160 kb/s)
DivX 6.6	Version: 6.6.1
	Profile: Home Theater Profile (720x576)
	1-pass, 780 kb/s
	Encoding mode: Insane Quality
	Enhanced multithreading
XviD 1.1.2	Version: 1.1.2
	Target quantizer: 1.00 (maximum quality)
Clone DVD 2	Version: 2.908
	DVD "Terminator II SE" (English version)
	Transcoding from DVD-9 a DVD-4.7
	Audio: English Dolby AC-3/6 (surround) - DTS
	Subtitles: None
Sintetici
SiSoftware Sandra XII	Version 2008.4.14.20
	Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark
Prestazioni Hard Drive
Low Level Performance	h2benchw 3.6 (by c't Magazine)
I/O Performance	IOMeter 2003.05.10
	Fileserver Benchmark
	Webserver Benchmark
	Database Benchmark
	Workstation Benchmark
Audio
Rightmark Audio Analyzer	Version: 6.0.6
	Stream Quality: 16 bits, 44.1 kHz