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testbed
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The testbed tag on WindowsForum.com covers hardware and software testing environments used for performance analysis. Discussions include benchmarking Windows 7 Service Pack 1 gaming performance, ATI Catalyst driver testing with a re-setup testbed, and CPU/memory comparisons between Windows 7 and Vista using a Core i7 920 testbed. The tag focuses on controlled setups for evaluating operating systems, drivers, and hardware components under Windows.
So you're a Windows 7 user and you thank Microsoft every day for creating something that has gotten you off Windows Vista. Almost 18 months on and loads of little updates later, we finally find ourselves greeted with the first Service Pack for the operating system.
So it's got a list of...
ATI just had to release the 9.11 driver on the day the HD 5970 launch. Honestly, as if I wasn't busy enough already. The whole release was also a bit more nightmarish than usual due to the fact that I had just re-set up my testbed and needed to re-test a bunch of new cards for the article...
Today we'll be looking at two core components; the memory and the CPU. We’ll be using a triple channel memory configuration with our Core i7 920 processor clocked at 4GHz. We'll be running our testbed through our standard memory benchmark line-up which does a good job of testing both the...