System Setup and Notes
Test Platforms
| System | Scan Chameleon - 6800 Ultra Performance - Phase 1 (7800GTX is avaliable now.) | HEXUS Comparison System |
| Processor(s) | AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 1MiB L2 cache memory |
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| Mainboards | ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe | DFI LanPartyUT nF4 SLI-D |
| Memory | 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS3200XL Platinum DDR-400 | 2 x 512MB Corsair Xpert XL DDR-400 |
| Timings | 2-2-2-5 @ 400MHz | |
| BIOS Version | BIOS 6th May 2005 | BIOS 10/3/2005 |
| Disk Drive | 2 x 74GB Western Digital Raptor RAID0 boot volume, nForce4 3 x 74GB Western Digital Raptor RAID3 data volume, Netcell PCI |
300GB Maxtor SATA |
| Graphics Cards | GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MiB x 2 (435/1130 Scan, 425/1100 HEXUS) GeForce 7800 GTX 256MiB x 2 (HEXUS System only) 77.62 for HEXUS System 77.50 for Scan System |
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| Operating System | Windows XP Professional, SP2 | |
| Mainboard Software | NVIDIA nForce4 Platform Driver 6.39 | |
Notes
Scan's 6800 Ultra-equipped Chameleon goes up against the HEXUS system used for our GeForce 7800 GTX Preview. Please note that the final Chameleon will be offered with 7800 GTX and indeed the G70-based prototype is up and running as we speak, air-cooled, while Scan wait for the new cooling hardware. That brings up the issue of just what Chameleon models will be offered when it's complete.Scan will offer a pair of Chameleons, one with water cooling and overclocked and one on air, running at stock frequencies. The overclocked, water-cooled version will be knows as the Cool Chameleon, for obvious reasons. So the system tested is representative of the kind of thing Scan will do with the Cool Chameleon, just with 6800 Ultra SLI rather than 7800 GTX SLI and the clock speeds for the system with FX-57 when overclocked are unset, although it's very likely Scan will aim for at least 3GHz when using Athlon FX-57.
The Chameleon clocks were set to 14 x 213MHz, giving 2983MHz, only a couple of notches on the HTT clock away from breaking 3GHz. So CPU speed is up and effective memory bandwidth is higher, too, compared to the HEXUS system run at stock clocks. Graphics clocks were set to 435/1130 for the Chameleon, 425/1100 (stock) for the HEXUS system.
Screenshots
CPU-ZGraphics Driver
Graphics Clocks
