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Abit AW9D Max socket 775 Motherboard

Test Setup and Notes

Published: 12th October 2006 | Source: Abit | Price: | Author: Matt Kemp

Test Setup

The following test setup was as following:

Core2Duo E6700 ES
Abit AW9D Max
Mushkin HP2 6400 (4-4-4-10)
Sapphire X1600Pro
Hitachia Deskstar 7K160 SATA HDD
Sony DVD-Rom/CD-RW
Silverstone 560w ZEUS PSU
Antec P180B

For comparison I used results from an earlier review by OC3D on the Intel D975XBX and from the Abit AB9 Review

Testing

To test the motherboard I first ran it at stock using as stress test comprising of Orthos (dual Prime95), Folding @ Home running on both cores (set to idle priority) and RTHDRIBL running 1/2 screen. I let this run for 12hours to see how the board would fare

The benches and tests used on the motherboard were:

PCMark05

Super PI 1m and 32m

SiSoft Sandra:

Processor Arithmatic
Procsssor Multemedia
Memory Bandwidth
Memory Latency

3DMark05 and 3DMark06 @ 1024 x 768 and 1280 x 1024

Counter Strike Source @ 1024 x 768 and 1280 x 1024

HD Tach

Cinebench:

CPU Rendering
OpenGL

For comparison I used the following:

- Silverstone Zeus 560w PSU
- XFX 7900GT GPU @ Stock
- Kingston HyperX PC2-8500 (5-5-5-15)
- Stock Intel Cooler
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66ghz)

I also managed to get some SLI tests on the motherboard to give you an idea of whether SLI works on 975x, and what sort of performance to expect!

Added: 7600GT SLI

3DMark05
3DMark06
PCMark05
Counter Strike: Source

All tests were performed three times to ensure a fair result.

Most Recent Comments

14-09-2006, 04:44:45

PV5150

There's nothing like competition from an established manufacturer, to cause HDD prices to fall; especially with relatively new, but evolving technology. What are your thoughts on WD's foray into the world of perpendicular recording? Let us know

Linky to the article here

14-09-2006, 06:16:37

FragTek

I'm surprised that Seagate didn't patent this technology! Looks good though, I wonder who the first to make a 2gb drive will be

14-09-2006, 06:22:01

FarFarAway

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='FragTek'

I'm surprised that Seagate didn't patent this technology! Looks good though, I wonder who the first to make a 2gb drive will be

I thought Hitachi were the ones who invented it??

14-09-2006, 06:31:11

FragTek

I'm pretty sure it was Seagate

14-09-2006, 07:48:04

FarFarAway

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='FragTek'

I'm pretty sure it was Seagate

Seagate were the first to get a drive out but I know Hitachi were heavily involved in the development

14-09-2006, 10:34:51

Phnom_Penh

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='Kempez'

Seagate were the first to get a drive out but I know Hitachi were heavily involved in the development

Nah, twas Toshiba who got a perp drive out first

14-09-2006, 13:38:04

nathan

just like to mention i hate WD!

14-09-2006, 21:51:13

PV5150

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='nathan'

just like to mention i hate WD!

Why's that mate? WD make some insanely fast drives! Have you had a bad run with them?

Abit AW9D Max socket 775 Motherboard

Test Setup and Notes

Published: 12th October 2006 | Source: Abit | Price: | Author: Matt Kemp

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