• Motherboard: Asus Stiker II Extreme Bios 1102 (Nvidia 790i Ultra SLI)
  
• Processor: Intel Q9300
• Case: Open Air testbed
• Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream GXS600 SLI-Ready
• Memory: 2x1GB Supertalent DDR3-1600 (1333MHz@ 7-7-7-20-1T)
• HDD: WD 200JB 7200RPM
• Monitor: LG L246WH-BH 24"
• Windows VISTA SP1 32bit with all the latest updates installed
• DirectX November 2008
• Nvidia v185.81 with High Quality settings

All the tests were conducted using the same testbed and of course the same graphics drivers. We used the FRAPS software to measure the in game performance (FPS) when needed. In addition, we used the following applications:

DirectX 9

• 3DMark 05 v1.3.0
• 3DMark 06 v1.1.0
• Half Life 2: Episode 2
• Crysis v1.2.0 Retail
• Crysis WarHead v1.00 Retail
• Far Cry 2 v1.02 retail

DirectX10

• 3DMark Vantage v1.0.1
• Company Of Heroes v1.7.1
• Crysis v1.2.1 Retail
• Crysis WarHead v1.00 retail
• Far Cry 2 v1.00 retail
• Left4Dead v1.00 retail