x264-encoding Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a ASUS P5E and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB on Debian Linux 6.0.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Core 2 Quad 6600 @ 2.4 GHz: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5E, Chipset: Intel 82X38/X48 + ICH9R, Memory: 4 x 2048 MB DDR2-800MHz, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00M + 2000GB Seagate ST32000542AS + 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAKS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB (540/700MHz), Audio: Intel 82801I, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Debian Linux 6.0.4, Kernel: 3.2.5-quad (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 290.10, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Quad 6600 @ 2.4 GHz . 48.93 |===========================================