Back To Page 1 Test System Details All testing was conducted on a fresh install of Windows Vista x64 Ultimate Edition with Service Pack 1. The Core i7 test system used the following components: Intel Core i7 920 (2.66GHz) Intel Core i7 965 (3.2GHz) Intel DX58SO (X58 chipset) Extreme motherboard 3GB QIMONDA DDR3 1066 […]
by John Reynolds Introduction Intel has been riding on a tremendous wave of success over the last two years, largely due to the market reception of the Core 2 Duo processors. Introduced in June of 2006, the original Core 2s were a tock, a new micro architecture, and were followed in late 2007 by a […]
Back to Page 2 Final Opinions and Recommendations Overall I think this is an excellent gaming desk, something that simmers will enjoy and you won’t get the funny looks you might get if you have a mockup of an F-16 in your living room. The fit and finish is excellent, the desk is very […]
Back to Page 1 Ease of Use One of the nice features of the RoccaForte is its number of areas that allow for placement of multiple items that flight simmers love. Many people are multi-monitor types and the RoccaForte certainly will appeal to those folks trying to find a desk that can handle two […]
by Tom “WKLINK” Cofield “What the hell did you order this time?” If you want to hear these words of love you may want to consider the RoccaForte gaming desk from MSY (short for Mushaburui inc.), a very slick looking desk that claims to be the ultimate gaming desk for those that want something that […]
Back to Page 5 Conclusions A product such as the Radeon HD 4870 X2 is somewhat challenging to assess. On one hand it offers amazing performance potential, and has all the rich features of AMD’s excellent RV770 GPU. On the other hand, that amazing performance isn’t always guaranteed to be there for the end […]
Back to Page 3 Race Driver: GRID replaces DiRT for our GPU motorsport benchmark test. We recorded frame rates with FRAPS in this fantastic looking game as we took a Camaro for one lap around the San Francisco Pro muscle track. Anti-aliasing was enabled via the game and anisotropic filtering through the driver control panel. GRID scales […]
Back to Page 2 Test Results Futuremark’s synthetic graphics suite, 3DMark Vantage, was tested with the preset option set to high and anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering then set to 4xAA/16xAF for all tests. The high preset places the suite at a resolution of 1680×1050. 4xAA/16xAF ATI HD 4870 X2 ATI HD 4870×2 ATI HD 4870 […]
Back to Page 1 Test System Details The test system detailed below was installed with Vista Ultimate Edition x64 SP1 and consisted of the following components: Intel E8500 Core 2 Duo (3.16GHz) ASUS Maximus Formula X38 chipset motherboard 4GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 1066 memory WD VelociRaptor 300GB hard drive Plextor PX-712S DVD drive Dell […]
by John Reynolds Introduction AMD’s Radeon HD 4800 series has been an unqualified success for the firm. The HD 4850 and 4870 boards, priced in the $200-$300 range, brought amazing performance and feature sets and immediately reshaped the competitive GPU landscape. Despite these parts’ bang-for-buck value, though, NVIDIA was still able to claim the single-board […]
Back to Page 4 CrossFire Anti-aliasing and Edge Detect Testing As done in the Radeon HD 4850 performance preview, SimHQ decided to take a quick glimpse at the HD 4870’s performance in single and CrossFire modes with higher forms of anti-aliasing. Call of Duty 4 was again used for these AA tests, with a single […]
Back to Page 3 Call of Duty 4 was benchmarked using a custom recording made while playing an online match on the “Crash” map. The game’s various graphics options were enabled and the texture settings placed at Extra. Anti-aliasing was enabled via the game and anisotropic filtering through the driver control panel. SimHQ also used […]
