File Decompression & Decryption:

The two RAR archives created during the compression and encryption tests were then decompressed and decrypted.



On average the decompression numbers for the Strikers are the same – a little faster with small files, a little slower with a single large file. Both are still slightly faster than the XFX nForce 780i SLI and consistently a lot faster than the Inno3D nForce 680i SLI.

Xvid Encoding:

We tested video encoding performance using VirtualDub-MPEG version 1.6.15 and a multithreaded version of the Xvid codec, along with the LAME MT MP3 encoder for encoding audio. We did a two-pass encode of a 15-minute 276MB digital TV recording with a target file size of 100MB.


Again, the XFX nForce 780i SLI is slightly faster, even despite the "poorer" memory performance, and the difference between the Strikers is negligible at best. Again the Inno3D nForce 680i SLI is several seconds slower however.