core I7

Intel® Processor Name	Previous Generation Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q9650	Previous Generation Intel® Core™ i7-920 Processor	Previous Generation Intel® Core™ i7-950 Processor
Processor speed	3.00GHz	2.66GHz	3.06GHz
Processor to memory bus	Front Side Bus @ 1333MHz	N/A	N/A
Processor interconnect	N/A	Intel® Quick-Path-Interconnect @ 4.8GT/s	Intel® QuickPath Interconnect @ 4.8GT/s
Processor secondary cache	2x6MB Level 2 cache	4x256KB Level 2 cache	4x256KB Level 2 cache
Processor third level cache	N/A	Unified 8MB L3	Unified 8MB L3
Motherboard manufacturer	Asus* P5E3 Premium board	Asus* P6T Deluxe	Asus P6T Deluxe
Chipset	Intel® X48 Express Chipset	Intel® X58 Express Chipset	Intel X58 Express Chipset
Chipset INF file	Intel® INF 9.1.0.1006	Intel INF 9.1.0.1007	Intel® INF 9.1.0.1007
Platform BIOS	BIOS 0505	BIOS 0703	BIOS 1303
Intel® Hyper Threading technology	N/A	ON	ON
Intel® Turbo Boost technology	N/A	ON	ON
System memory	2 channel 4GB (4x1GB) Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX* DDR3-1333 9-9-9 clocked down to DDR3-1200	3 channel 12 GB (6x2GB) Samsung M378B5673DZ1-CF8 DDR3-1066 7-7-7-20	3 channel 12 GB (6x2GB) Samsung M378B5673DZ1-CF8 DDR3-1066 7-7-7-20
Hard disk	Intel® X25-M SATA Solid-State Drive (80GB SSD SATA2)	Intel X25-M SATA Solid-State Drive (80GB SSD SATA2)	Intel X25-M SATA Solid-State Drive (80GB SSD SATA2)
Video card	1 x GTX 280 PCIe*	1 x GTX 280 PCIe	1 x GTX 280 PCIe
Video driver version	nVidia NV177.41*	nVidia NV177.41	nVidia NV180.48
Graphics resolution	1280 x 1024 resolution, 32-bit color	1280 x 1024 resolution, 32-bit color	1280 x 1024 resolution, 32-bit color
Operating system	Microsoft Windows Vista* Ultimate 64 bit, on NTFS	Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit, on NTFS	Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit, on NTFS
Compiler verison	Intel® Compiler v11.0 32-bit binaries	Intel Compiler v11.0 32-bit binaries	Intel Compiler v11.0 32-bit binaries
Microsoft DirectX* version	Microsoft DirectX* 10	Microsoft DirectX 10	Microsoft DirectX 10