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Testing Methodology
For comparison of the 965, we are going to leverage the results from
previous reviews in order to make a nice list to compare against.
The 965 specs are listed on the previous page, while the specs from
all the previous reviews are listed here:
| CPU: |
Phenom II X2 550 |
| Motherboard: |
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P BIOS F5C/F5 |
| GPU: |
Sapphire 2600XT |
| RAM: |
2x2GB Corsair Dominator XMS3 DHX
DDR3-1600, CAS 9 |
| Case: |
Danger Den WaterBox Plus |
| Sound: |
Onboard |
| Cooling: |
Kingwin XT-1264 |
| PSU: |
Corsair 750TX |
| OS: |
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| CPU: |
Phenom II X4 955 |
| Motherboard: |
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P BIOS F3L |
| GPU: |
Sapphire 2600XT |
| RAM: |
2x2GB Corsair Dominator XMS3 DHX
DDR3-1600, CAS 9 |
| Case: |
Danger Den WaterBox Plus |
| Sound: |
Onboard |
| Cooling: |
Swiftech H20-220 Compact |
| PSU: |
Corsair 750TX |
| OS: |
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| CPU: |
Intel Xeon x3360 |
| Motherboard: |
Asus P5Q Deluxe P45 |
| GPU: |
MSI GTX-280 |
| RAM: |
2x2GB Corsair Dominators, DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15 |
| Case: |
Custom |
| Sound: |
X-Fi Platinum |
| Cooling: |
Tuniq Tower |
| PSU: |
Corsair 750TX |
| OS: |
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| CPU: |
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 |
| Motherboard: |
FoxConn BlackOps X48 |
| GPU: |
Sappire Radeon 2600XT |
| RAM: |
2x2GB OCZ Reaper DDR3-1333, 8-8-8-27 |
| Case: |
Custom |
| Sound: |
Onboard |
| Cooling: |
Stock Intel |
| PSU: |
CoolerMaster UCP-700 |
| OS: |
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| CPU: |
Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition |
| Motherboard: |
Asus M3A78-T |
| GPU: |
Sapphire 4670 |
| RAM: |
2x2GB OCZ Reapers, DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15 |
| Case: |
Danger Den WaterBox Plus |
| Sound: |
Onboard |
| Cooling: |
Swiftech H20-220 Compact |
| PSU: |
Corsair 750TX |
| OS: |
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| CPU: |
Phenom II X4 810 |
| Motherboard: |
Sapphire Pure 790GX PC-AM2RS790GX |
| GPU: |
Sapphire 4670 |
| RAM: |
2x2GB OCZ Reapers, DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15 |
| Case: |
Danger Den WaterBox Plus |
| Sound: |
Onboard |
| Cooling: |
Swiftech H20-220 Compact |
| PSU: |
Corsair 750TX |
| OS: |
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 |
| CPU: |
Phenom II 940 Black Edition |
| Motherboard: |
Asus M3A78-T |
| GPU: |
Sapphire 4870X2 |
| RAM: |
2x2GB OCZ Reapers, DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15 |
| Case: |
Danger Den WaterBox Plus |
| Sound: |
Onboard |
| Cooling: |
Swiftech H20-220 Compact, OCZ Vendetta
II |
| PSU: |
Corsair 650TX |
| OS: |
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 |
In the case of the x3360, we clocked it down to
7x333 to run it at 2.33GHz in an attempt to best emulate the closest
cost competitor to the X4 810. The Q8200 has significantly
less cache (4MB vs. 12MB) than the x3360, however, so it is
important to realize that the "emulated" testing of the x3360
represents the best possible scenario for the Q8200.
Because the 965 clocked the same as the 955, I
would expect both of their overclocked results to be about the same.
Of course, we will test it anyway to be sure. Now, let's get on with the results, shall we?
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