Testbed Configuration

• Mainboard: MSI Eclipse Plus, MS-7566 ver: 1.0 (LGA1366, Intel X58 Express + ICH10R, BIOS V1.0);
• CPU: Intel Core i7-920 (2.66GHz, 133MHz base frequency, 8MB L3 cache, Bloomfield, rev. C0, 1.225V Vcore);
• Memory: 3x1024MB DDR3 Kingston HyperX DDR3-1866, KHX14900D3T1K3/3GX, (1866MHz, 9-9-9-27, 1.65V voltage);
• Graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB (RV770, 750/750/3600MHz, 800 SP, 40 TMU, 16 ROP, 256-bit 512MB GDDR5);
• HDD: Samsung SP2504C (250GB, SATA II, 7200RPM, 8MB, rev.A);
• CPU cooler: Cooler Master GeminII (120-mm Protechnic Electric MGA12012HB-O25 fan, 1500-2500RPM);
• Thermal interface: Noctua;
• PSU: OCZ GameXStream OCZGXS700 (700W) with Zalman ZM-F3 fan;
• Case: Antec Skeleton.

We used Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x86 OS and ATI Catalyst 9.4 graphics card driver.