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CPU Info
CPU 1/1
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+
Manufacturer AMD
Family AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+
Internal Clock 2.2 GHz
Internal Clock Maximum 2.2 GHz
External Clock 166.0 MHz
Socket Designation SOCKET462
Type Central
HyperThreadingTechnology N/A
Capabilities MMX, CMov, RDTSC, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE
Version AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+
Caches
Level 1 64 KB
Level 2 512 KB
Level 3 0 B

DirectX Info
Version 9.0c
Long Version 4.09.00.0904

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DirectDraw
Version 5.03.2600.2180
Primary Device RADEON 9800 PRO

Display Device 1/1
RADEON 9800 PRO Driver 6.14.10.6458

Description RADEON 9800 PRO
Manufacturer ATI Technologies Inc.
Total Local Video Memory 128 MB
Total Local Texture Memory 128 MB
Total AGP Memory 118 MB
Driver File ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6458
Driver Details 8.03-040610a-016126C-ATI
Driver Date 6-10-2004
Driver WHQL Certified true
Max Texture Width 2048 px
Max Texture Height 2048 px
Max User Clipping Planes 6
Max Active Hardware Lights 8
Max Texture Blending Stages 8
Fixed Function Textures In Single Pass 8
Vertex Shader Version 2.0
Pixel Shader Version 2.0
Max Vertex Blend Matrices 37
Max Texture Coordinates 8
VGA Memory Clock 337.5 MHz
VGA Core Clock 378.0 MHz
PCI
Name RADEON 9800 PRO
Vendor ID 0x1002
Device ID 0x4e48
SubSystem ID 0x00021002
Revision ID 0x00

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Texture Formats
32-bit ARGB [8888]
32-bit RGB [888]
16-bit RGB [565]
16-bit RGB [555]
16-bit ARGB [1555]
16-bit ARGB [4444]
8-bit A [8]
8-bit YUV [800]
16-bit AYUV [8800]
FourCC [UYVY]
FourCC [YUY2]
FourCC [DXT1]
FourCC [DXT2]
FourCC [DXT3]
FourCC [DXT4]
FourCC [DXT5]

Capabilities
AGP Texturing, Hardware Transform and Lighting, Positional Lights, Subpixel Accurate Rasterizing, Stencil Buffers, Range Fog, Table Fog, Vertex Fog, W-Fog, Specular Gouraud Shading, Anisotropic Filtering, Bilinear Filtering, Point Sampling, Trilinear Filtering, Additive Texture Blending, Dot3 Texture Blending, Multiplicative Texture Blending, Subtractive Texture Blending, Environmental Bump Mapping, Environmental Bump Mapping With Luminance, Cube Mapping, Factor Alpha Blending, Vertex Alpha Blending, Texture Alpha Blending, Texture Clamping, Texture Mirroring, Texture Wrapping, Guard Band Support, Mipmap LOD Bias Adjustment, Projected Textures, Volume Textures, Point Primitive Support, Full-Screen Anti-Aliasing, DXT Compressed Textures, Two Sided Stencil Test, Mipmapped Volume Textures, Mipmapped Cube Textures, Spherical Mapping, Automatic Mipmap Generation, Hardware Rasterization, Shading, Transform and Lighting, Scissor Test, Legacy Depth Bias

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DirectShow
Version 9.0c
Long Version 4.09.00.0904

Registered DirectShow Filters
.RAM file Parser
AC3 Parser Filter
ACELP.net Sipro Lab Audio Decoder
ACM Wrapper
ASF ACM Handler
ASF DIB Handler
ASF DJPEG Handler
ASF ICM Handler
ASF JPEG Handler
ASF URL Handler
ASF embedded stuff Handler
ASX file Parser
ASX v.2 file Parser
AVI Decompressor
AVI Draw
AVI Splitter
AVI/WAV File Source
Color Space Converter
CyberLink Audio Decoder
CyberLink Video/SP Decoder
DV Muxer
DV Splitter
DV Video Decoder
Decrypt/Tag
Default DirectSound Device
Default MidiOut Device
File Source (Async.)
File Source (Netshow URL)
File Source (URL)
File stream renderer
Internal Script Command Renderer
Line 21 Decoder
Line 21 Decoder 2
Lyric Parser
MIDI Parser
MJPEG Decompressor
MPEG Audio Decoder
MPEG Layer-3 Decoder
MPEG Video Decoder
MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables
MPEG-2 Splitter
MPEG-I Stream Splitter
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Decompressor
Microsoft Screen Video Decompressor
Multi-file Parser
NSC file Parser
Overlay Mixer2
QT Decompressor
QuickTime Movie Parser
SAMI (CC) Parser
VBI Surface Allocator
VGA 16 Color Ditherer
Video Port Manager
Video Renderer
WM ASF Reader
WM ASF Writer
WST Decoder
Wave Parser
Windows Media Audio Decoder
Windows Media Multiplexer
Windows Media Pad VU Data Grabber
Windows Media Update Filter
Windows Media Video Decoder
Windows Media source filter
XML Playlist

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DirectSound
Version 5.3.2600.2180
Speaker Configuration Headphones
Primary Device SoundMAX Digital Audio

Sound Device 1/1
SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio Driver 5.12.1.3663

Description SoundMAX Digital Audio
Manufacturer Analog Devices, Inc.
Driver File smwdm.sys
Driver Version 5.12.1.3663
Driver Date 7-15-2003
Driver WHQL Certified true
Max Supported 3D Hardware Sounds 33
EAX Support Supported
PCI
Name SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Vendor ID 0x1106
Device ID 0x3059
SubSystem ID 0x810d1043
Revision ID 0x60

Capabilities
Continuous Rate, Primary Buffer with 16-bit Samples, Primary Buffers with 8-bit Samples, Monophonic Primary Buffers, Stereo Primary Buffers, Hardware-mixed Secondary Buffers with 16-bit Samples, Hardware-mixed Secondary Buffers with 8-bit Samples, Hardware-mixed Monophonic Secondary Buffers, Hardware-mixed Stereo Secondary Buffers

Memory Info
Total Physical Memory 1022 MB
Free Physical Memory 357 MB
Total Pagefile Memory 2.40 GB
Free Pagefile Memory 1.94 GB

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Memory Array 1/1
Max Module Capacity 0 B
Supported Speeds
Supported Types
Supported Voltages

Memory Slot 1/4
Installed Enabled Size 512 MB
Form Factor DIMM
Frequency 0.0 Hz
Slot DIMM0
Manufacturer <unknown>
Type 3DRAM
Type Details
Enabled Size 512 MB
Total Bit Width 64 b
Data Bit Width 0 b
Memory Slot 2/4
Installed Enabled Size 512 MB
Form Factor DIMM
Frequency 0.0 Hz
Slot DIMM2
Manufacturer <unknown>
Type 3DRAM
Type Details
Enabled Size 512 MB
Total Bit Width 64 b
Data Bit Width 0 b
Memory Slot 3/4
Installed Enabled Size 0 B
Frequency 0.0 Hz
Type Details
Enabled Size 0 B
Total Bit Width 0 b
Data Bit Width 0 b
Memory Slot 4/4
Installed Enabled Size 0 B
Frequency 0.0 Hz
Type Details
Enabled Size 0 B
Total Bit Width 0 b
Data Bit Width 0 b

Motherboard Info
Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Model A7V880
Version Rev 1.xx
BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version A M I - 5000407
BIOS Release Date 07/05/04
BIOS Properties Plug and Play, Flash, AGP
AGP
Revision 3.5
Rate 8x (8x enabled)
Available Rate 0x00000008
Selected Rate 0x00000008
Aperture Size 0 B
Sideband Addressing supported (enabled)
Fast Write not supported

Card Slots
Slot 1/6 (PCI)
Order 1
Designation PCI-1
Type PCI
Characteristics
Data Bus Width 32 b
Details Available, Long
IRQ 0

Slot 2/6 (PCI)
Order 2
Designation PCI-2
Type PCI
Characteristics
Data Bus Width 32 b
Details Available, Long
IRQ 0

Slot 3/6 (PCI)
VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Order 3
Designation PCI-3
Type PCI
Characteristics
Data Bus Width 32 b
Details In Use, Long
Device Class 1394 BUS Controller
Manufacturer VIA
Driver Version 5.1.2535.0
Driver Date 7-1-2001
IRQ 17

Slot 4/6 (PCI)
Order 4
Designation PCI-4
Type PCI
Characteristics
Data Bus Width 32 b
Details Available, Long
IRQ 0

Slot 5/6 (PCI)
Order 5
Designation PCI-5
Type PCI
Characteristics
Data Bus Width 32 b
Details Available, Long
IRQ 0

Slot 6/6 (AGP)
RADEON 9800 PRO
Order 0
Designation AGP
Type AGP
Characteristics
Data Bus Width 32 b
Details In Use, Long
Device Class Display Adapter
Manufacturer ATI Technologies Inc.
Driver Version 6.14.10.6458
Driver Date 6-10-2004
IRQ 16

System Devices
Name VIA Standard Host Bridge
Manufacturer VIA
Name VIA Standard Host Bridge
Manufacturer VIA

Name VIA Standard Host Bridge
Manufacturer VIA
Name VIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge
Manufacturer VIA

Name VIA Standard Host Bridge
Manufacturer VIA
Name VIA Standard Host Bridge
Manufacturer VIA

Name VIA Standard Host Bridge
Manufacturer VIA
Name VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller
Manufacturer VIA

Monitor Info
Monitor 1/1
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Manufacturer (Standard monitor types)
Max Width 1600 px
Max Height 1200 px

Operating System Info
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Version 5.1.2600
Service Pack Service Pack 2
Locale US
Desktop Width 1152 px
Desktop Height 864 px
Desktop BPP 32 b

Open Processes
Name PID Memory Usage
aim.exe 212 6 MB
alg.exe 2616 892 KB
ati2evxx.exe 864 1 MB
ati2evxx.exe 1488 1 MB
atiptaxx.exe 2036 3 MB
backWeb-8876480.exe 160 2 MB
CCAPP.EXE 2024 6 MB
CCEVTMGR.EXE 1592 856 KB
CCSETMGR.EXE 1432 2 MB
csrss.exe 632 3 MB
explorer.exe 1600 19 MB
Idle 0 16 KB
KEM.exe 256 3 MB
KHALMNPR.exe 400 988 KB
lsass.exe 712 2 MB
msmsgs.exe 2600 7 MB
NAVAPSVC.EXE 1144 8 MB
NOPDB.exe 1980 1 MB
NPROTECT.EXE 1500 3 MB
PCMark04.exe 2504 10 MB
razerofa.exe 276 772 KB
razertra.exe 120 2 MB
SAVSCAN.EXE 1552 584 KB
services.exe 700 3 MB
SMAgent.exe 1196 752 KB
smss.exe 504 156 KB
spoolsv.exe 1840 2 MB
Steam.exe 204 5 MB
svchost.exe 884 3 MB
svchost.exe 968 3 MB
svchost.exe 1064 15 MB
svchost.exe 1148 2 MB
svchost.exe 1268 2 MB
symlcsvc.exe 2084 420 KB
System 4 76 KB
winamp.exe 3440 14 MB
winlogon.exe 656 2 MB
wmiprvse.exe 5752 6 MB

Name PID Memory Usage
aim.exe 212 6 MB
alg.exe 2616 892 KB
ati2evxx.exe 864 1 MB
ati2evxx.exe 1488 1 MB
atiptaxx.exe 2036 3 MB
backWeb-8876480.exe 160 2 MB
CCAPP.EXE 2024 6 MB
CCEVTMGR.EXE 1592 856 KB
CCSETMGR.EXE 1432 2 MB
csrss.exe 632 3 MB
explorer.exe 1600 19 MB
Idle 0 16 KB
KEM.exe 256 3 MB
KHALMNPR.exe 400 988 KB
lsass.exe 712 2 MB
msmsgs.exe 2600 7 MB
NAVAPSVC.EXE 1144 8 MB
NOPDB.exe 1980 1 MB
NPROTECT.EXE 1500 3 MB
PCMark04.exe 2504 10 MB
razerofa.exe 276 772 KB
razertra.exe 120 2 MB
SAVSCAN.EXE 1552 584 KB
services.exe 700 3 MB
SMAgent.exe 1196 752 KB
smss.exe 504 156 KB
spoolsv.exe 1840 2 MB
Steam.exe 204 5 MB
svchost.exe 884 3 MB
svchost.exe 968 3 MB
svchost.exe 1064 15 MB
svchost.exe 1148 2 MB
svchost.exe 1268 2 MB
symlcsvc.exe 2084 420 KB
System 4 76 KB
winamp.exe 3440 14 MB
winlogon.exe 656 2 MB
wmiprvse.exe 5752 6 MB

Name PID Memory Usage
Idle 0 16 KB
System 4 76 KB
razertra.exe 120 2 MB
backWeb-8876480.exe 160 2 MB
Steam.exe 204 5 MB
aim.exe 212 6 MB
KEM.exe 256 3 MB
razerofa.exe 276 772 KB
KHALMNPR.exe 400 988 KB
smss.exe 504 156 KB
csrss.exe 632 3 MB
winlogon.exe 656 2 MB
services.exe 700 3 MB
lsass.exe 712 2 MB
ati2evxx.exe 864 1 MB
svchost.exe 884 3 MB
svchost.exe 968 3 MB
svchost.exe 1064 15 MB
NAVAPSVC.EXE 1144 8 MB
svchost.exe 1148 2 MB
SMAgent.exe 1196 752 KB
svchost.exe 1268 2 MB
CCSETMGR.EXE 1432 2 MB
ati2evxx.exe 1488 1 MB
NPROTECT.EXE 1500 3 MB
SAVSCAN.EXE 1552 584 KB
CCEVTMGR.EXE 1592 856 KB
explorer.exe 1600 19 MB
spoolsv.exe 1840 2 MB
NOPDB.exe 1980 1 MB
CCAPP.EXE 2024 6 MB
atiptaxx.exe 2036 3 MB
symlcsvc.exe 2084 420 KB
PCMark04.exe 2504 10 MB
msmsgs.exe 2600 7 MB
alg.exe 2616 892 KB
winamp.exe 3440 14 MB
wmiprvse.exe 5752 6 MB

Name PID Memory Usage
Idle 0 16 KB
System 4 76 KB
smss.exe 504 156 KB
symlcsvc.exe 2084 420 KB
SAVSCAN.EXE 1552 584 KB
SMAgent.exe 1196 752 KB
razerofa.exe 276 772 KB
CCEVTMGR.EXE 1592 856 KB
alg.exe 2616 892 KB
KHALMNPR.exe 400 988 KB
ati2evxx.exe 864 1 MB
ati2evxx.exe 1488 1 MB
NOPDB.exe 1980 1 MB
CCSETMGR.EXE 1432 2 MB
lsass.exe 712 2 MB
razertra.exe 120 2 MB
backWeb-8876480.exe 160 2 MB
svchost.exe 1148 2 MB
spoolsv.exe 1840 2 MB
svchost.exe 1268 2 MB
winlogon.exe 656 2 MB
atiptaxx.exe 2036 3 MB
svchost.exe 968 3 MB
services.exe 700 3 MB
svchost.exe 884 3 MB
NPROTECT.EXE 1500 3 MB
csrss.exe 632 3 MB
KEM.exe 256 3 MB
Steam.exe 204 5 MB
wmiprvse.exe 5752 6 MB
CCAPP.EXE 2024 6 MB
aim.exe 212 6 MB
msmsgs.exe 2600 7 MB
NAVAPSVC.EXE 1144 8 MB
PCMark04.exe 2504 10 MB
winamp.exe 3440 14 MB
svchost.exe 1064 15 MB
explorer.exe 1600 19 MB
Logical Drives
Letter Label Type Capacity Available
A: Floppy 0 B 0 B
C: Hard Disk 111.78 GB 91.99 GB
D: CD-ROM 0 B 0 B

Open Applications
25. Incubus - Nice To Know You - Winamp
PCMark04
Pre-Loading Half-Life 2 (56.9% complete)

Hard Disk Info
Hard Disk Drive 1/1
Name WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Capacity 111.79 GB
Model WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0
Interface Type IDE

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