All Intel CPUs were tested on the following system:

• Motherboard: Asus P5B Deluxe Wi-Fi Edition BIOS 706b/711 revisions
• Memory: 2x1GB Crucial PC-8000 @ 1067MHz (5-5-5-15-30)
• VGA: MSI 7600GT Silent with Nvidia 91.47 installed
• HDD: WD 80GB SATAI (primary)
• HDD: Seagate 80GB SATAII (secondary)
• Operating system: Windows XP SP2 with all latest updates installed

While the AMD Athlon 4600+ testbed comprised:

• Motherboard: Asus M2N32WS Pro 0601 BIOS revision
• Memory: 2x1GB Crucial PC-8000 @ 800MHz (4-4-4-8-2T)
• VGA: MSI 7600GT Silent with Nvidia 91.47 installed
• HDD: WD 80GB SATAI (primary)
• HDD: Seagate 80GB SATAII (secondary)
• Operating system: Windows XP SP2 with all latest updates installed

We used a variety of test software, from benchmarks to games:

• Sisoft Sandra 2007 SP1
• Everest Lavasys Ultimated Edition 2006 v3.00.717 beta
• SuperPI Mod v1.5XS
• PC Mark05 v1.1.0
• 3D Mark06 v1.0.2
• Recode v2.3.1.8
• Science Mark 2
• POV 3.70 beta15
• Cinebench v9.5
• Prey v1.0
• Splinter Cell v1.05
• F.E.A.R v1.06
• HL2 Episode 1 June 2006 Edition