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Appendix

• Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC). SPECint_base95 is a component of the CINT95 suite, an industry standard for measuring and comparing a processor's integer performance. SPEC benchmarks are typically used by members of the scientific and technical communities to measure the performance of high-end computer systems.
• SPECfp_base95 is a component of the CFP95 suite, an industry standard for measuring and comparing a processor's floating performance. SPEC benchmarks are typically used by members of the scientific and technical communities to measure the performance of high-end computer systems.
• The Ziff-Davis 3D WinBench 99 v1.2 benchmark, running with a Null driver on Windows 98, measures the performance of the CPU's 3D capabilities using Direct3D software. Running this benchmark in the Null driver mode allows for a general CPU comparison without the effect that video cards and their drivers would introduce.
• These benchmark tests were performed without independent verification of SPEC, Futuremark, BAPCo, and Ziff-Davis, Inc. These benchmark providers make no representations or warranties as to the results of the tests.

Benchmark System Configuration:
The Diamond 770 using nVidia TNT2 Ultra 150MHz core, 183MHz memory clock 32MB, Western Digital Expert 418000, Single PC100 128MB DIMM, SoundBlaster Live (Value) Audio, Linksys HPN100 Home Ethernet card, Toshiba 6X DVD SD-M1212, Dual Boot Windows 98 & Windows NT 4.0 using Norton System Commander. Windows NT 4.0 is installed with SP4, Windows 98 with DX 6.1A build 2150, and nVidia TNT2 Ultra Driver Rev 1.81 under Windows 98 and Windows NT.

AMD Athlon processor-based system: Reference Motherboard Rev. B (This motherboard is not commercially available at this time.), BIOS Rev AFTB00-2, Bus Mastering EIDE Driver v1.03, AGP miniport v4.41.

Pentium III processor-based system: ASUS P2B Rev 1.02, BIOS Rev 1008 beta 4, EIDE-BM Driver 5/11/98, AGP miniport 5/11/98. Pentium III Xeon processor-based system (512KB L2): Tyan Thunder X Motherboard, BIOS 1.02, EIDE-BM Driver 5/11/98, AGP miniport 5/11/98.

Benchmark System Configuration:
Diamond 770 using nVidia TNT2 Ultra 150MHz core, 183MHz memory clock 32MB, Western Digital Expert 418000, Single PC100 128MB DIMM, SoundBlaster Live (Value) Audio, Linksys HPN100 Home Ethernet card, Toshiba 6X DVD SD-M1212, Dual Boot Windows 98 & Windows NT 4.0 using Norton System Commander. Windows NT 4.0 is installed with SP4, Windows 98 with DX 6.1A build 2150, and nVidia TNT2 Ultra Driver Rev 1.81 under Windows 98 and Windows NT.

AMD Athlon processor-based system: Reference Motherboard Rev. B (This motherboard is not commercially available at this time.), BIOS Rev AFTB00-2, Bus Mastering EIDE Driver v1.03, AGP miniport v4.41.

Pentium III processor-based system: ASUS P2B Rev 1.02, BIOS Rev 1008 beta 4, EIDE-BM Driver 5/11/98, AGP miniport 5/11/98. Pentium III Xeon processor-based system (512KB L2): Tyan Thunder X Motherboard, BIOS 1.02, EIDE-BM Driver 5/11/98, AGP miniport.

(Source: amd.com)