System Setup and Notes
Hardware
MotherboardsEpoX EP-9NDA3+ motherboard
Processor
AMD Athlon FX-53 (2.4GHz, 1MB L2, dual-channel memory), Socket 939
Graphics Cards
Leadtek WinFast A400 GT TDH, 256MB
Leadtek WinFast A400 Ultra TDH, 256MB
Memory
1GB (2 x 512MB) Corsair DDR-I PC-3200 - 2-2-2-6
Hard Disks
1 x 36.6GB Western Digital Raptor SATA
Software
Windows XP Professional w/ SP2nForce drivers v5.10
NVIDIA ForceWare 66.93
DirectX 9.0c End User Runtime
Xpand Rally Demo - HEXUS Custom Benchmark
Unreal Tournament 2004 Retail (patched up to 3323 - HEXUS custom timedemo)
Sims 2 - HEXUS Custom Benchmark
DOOM 3 - Custom Timedemo - High quality
Far Cry (patched to v1.3) - Custom TImedemo
Half-Life 2 - Custom Timedemo
Notes
We'll be putting these two boards to the test through a series of benchmarks at three resolutions - 1024x768, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200, first at their default settings and then with 4x anti-aliasing and 8x anisotropic filtering to really stress the boards. No other boards for comparison here, we'll just let the two Leadtek offerings duke it out among themselves.
