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  • For the LeadTek WinFast GeForce 2 GTS we dragged out two fairly high-end systems to give the card enough horsepower to sink or swim (obviously it did the latter really well)...

    Test System 1

    • Intel Coppermine 800MHz
    • Intel i820 Motherboard
    • 128MB PC800 RDRAM
    • Sound Blaster Live! Value
    • 3Com 10/100 NIC
    • IBM Deskstar 24GB DMA/66
    • Windows 98 Second Edition with DX 7.0 installed
    • NVIDIA Reference 5.22 drivers

    Test System 2

    • AMD Athlon 800MHz
    • ASUS KX133 Motherboard
    • 128 PC100 SDRAM
    • Sound Blaster Live! Value
    • 3Com 10/100 NIC
    • IBM Deskstar 24GB DMA/66
    • Windows 98 Second Edition with DX 7.0 installed
    • NVIDIA Reference 5.22 drivers

    Test System 3

    • AMD 1GHz Socket A Athlon "Thunderbird"
    • Compaq KT133 Motherboard
    • LeadTek GeForce 2 GTS
    • 128MB VC133 Memory
    • IBM Deskstar 24GB DMA/66
    • Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live!
    • Windows 98 Second Edition with DX 7.0 installed.

    Test System 4

    • AMD 1GHz Athlon
    • ASUS 7VX KX133 Motherboard
    • LeadTek GeForce 2 GTS
    • 128MB VC133 Memory
    • IBM Deskstar 34GB DMA/66
    • Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live!
    • Allied Telesyn AT2700TX
    • Windows 98 Second Edition with DX 7.0 installed.

    Test System 5

    • Intel 1GHz Pentium III
    • Intel VC820 i820 Motherboard
    • LeadTek GeForce 2 GTS
    • 128MB PC800 RDRAM
    • Western Digital Expert 18.1 DMA/66
    • Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live!
    • Windows 98 Second Edition with DX 7.0 installed.

    Cards Tested:

    • Hercules 3D Prophet II GTS 32MB DDR RAM (200/333MHz)
    • ELSA GLADIAC 32MB DDR RAM (200/333MHz)
    • NVIDIA GeForce 64MB DDR (120/300MHz)
    • ATI Rage Fury MAXX 64MB SDR RAM (125/143MHz)





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