Dual Slot motherboard for more flexibility. Intel LGA775.

Here is an additional testing platform for both AGP and PCIe graphics cards. This will be my main benchmarking setup for most graphics cards. It is also my first Intel-based CPU testing rig.

Thanks to the ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA, which is equipped with both AGP x8 and PCIe x4 slots, all GPU scores can be easily compared across platforms.

Specs:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 3.2GHz s.775 (Overclocked 3GHz > 3.2GHz)

MB: Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA

RAM: Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR2 (3.5GB effective)

SoundCard: Creative Soundblaster Audigy

HD: Seagate 250GB SATA

PSU: SilentiumPC vero l2 500W

Optical Drive: LiteON BluRay Drive

Case: SilentiumPC Regnum RG4T

Operating System: Windows XP 32bit, SP3

Passmark 8.0 CPU Mark