Our testing methods
As ever, we did our best to deliver clean benchmark numbers. Tests were run at least twice, and the results were averaged.

Our test systems were configured like so:

Processor Pentium M 755 2.0GHz@2.16GHz
Pentium M 755 2.0GHz@2.43GHz		 Pentium M 755 2.0GHz@2.16GHz
Pentium M 755 2.0GHz@2.57GHz

Pentium 4 3.4GHz
Pentium 4 3.4GHz E
Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.4GHz

Front-side bus 540MHz (135MHz quad-pumped) 540MHz (135MHz quad-pumped)
Motherboard DFI 855GME-MGF Asus P4C800-E with CT-479 adapter
BIOS revision 55GMDC06 1022
North bridge 855GME 875P
South bridge ICH4M ICH5R
Chipset drivers INF Update 6.3.1.1007 INF Update 6.3.1.1007
Memory size 1024MB (2 DIMMs) 1024MB (2 DIMMs)
Memory type Corsair XMS3200 DDR SDRAM at 360MHz Corsair XMS3200 DDR SDRAM at 360MHz
Corsair XMS3200 DDR SDRAM at 400MHz
CAS latency 2 2
Cycle time 5 5
RAS to CAS delay 2 2
RAS precharge 2 2
Hard drive Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB SATA 150
Audio Integrated
Graphics 1 GeForce 6800GT with 71.84 drivers
OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS updates Service Pack 2, DirectX 9.0b

Thanks to Corsair for providing us with memory for our testing. If you're looking to tweak out your system to the max and maybe overclock it a little, Corsair's RAM is definitely worth considering.

The test systems' Windows desktops were set at 1024x768 in 32-bit color at an 85Hz screen refresh rate. Vertical refresh sync (vsync) was disabled for all tests.

We used the following versions of our test applications:

The tests and methods we employ are generally publicly available and reproducible. If you have questions about our methods, hit our forums to talk with us about them.