The Origin of Speed: Origin's Genesis Gaming System
Test System Configurations
We tested the Origin PC Genesis system as configured below, using the BIOS settings and drivers Origin shipped to us. Our three comparative systems were chosen to target a wide range of prices and various hardware configurations. This review gives us the opportunity to pit the overclocked 3.8GHz Core i5-750 system we reviewed last month against a similarly-clocked Core i7; we'll also evaluate how much additional oomph a brace of 5970s running in
Quadfire CrossfireX mode can deliver over the Alienware ALX's dual 5870's.
For a More Detailed Look At The Origin PC Genesis' Internals
Be Sure To Check Out Our Preview Article
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System 1: Origin Genesis Intel Core i7-920 @ 3.8GHz EVGA X58 SLI Classified 6GB Corsair DDR3-1600 2x ATI Radeon 5970 Crossfire 2TB WD Caviar Black RAID 0 Win 7 Home Premium x64 Price: $4,999 USD |
System 2: Digital Storm i750 Intel Core i5 750 @ 3.8GHz EVGA P55 FTW ATX 4GB Mushkin DDR3-1600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 SLI 1TB WD Caviar Black Vista Home Premium x64 Price: $ 1896.00 USD |
System 3: Alienware Aurora ALX Intel Core i7 975 3.33GHz Alienware X58 MicroATX 6GB Corsair DDR3-1600 ATI Radeon 5870 CrossFire 1TB Seagate HDD RAID 0 Vista Home Premium x64 Price: $ 4,074.00 USD |
System 4: CyberPower Gamer Extreme 3000 Intel Core i7 860 2.8GHz Asus P7P55D Delux P55 4GB Kingston DDR3-1600 EVGA NVIDIA GTX 295 1.5TB Seagate HDD Vista Home Premium x64 Price: $ 1,599.00 USD |
One difference between the Origin PC and the rest of the systems listed is that the Origin system is the first 64-bit Windows 7 rig we've benchmarked. This discrepancy could impact our comparative testing, but the impossibility of retesting all the systems in question means a break point is required.
