FX 4100 @4.2GHz Gaming Performance

[Hypertag]

yea there power hungry mines is sucking 114w now @4.2GHz ?

even if we pretend that is true (Which it isn't) , and even if we pretend that the core i3 2120 actually uses the full 65 watts of its TDP (which it doesn't), that would still put the core i3 2120's power usage at 58% of your processor's power usage.

 

[Durvelle27]

even if we pretend that is true (Which it isn't) , and even if we pretend that the core i3 2120 actually uses the full 65 watts of its TDP (which it doesn't), that would still put the core i3 2120's power usage at 58% of your processor's power usage.

my volt is 1.39

 

[AtenRa]

even if we pretend that is true (Which it isn't) , and even if we pretend that the core i3 2120 actually uses the full 65 watts of its TDP (which it doesn't), that would still put the core i3 2120's power usage at 58% of your processor's power usage.

Core i7 3960X is using ~58% more power than Core i5 2500K BUT it is 85% faster. That makes it more power efficient.

Im not saying that FX4100 @ 4.2GHz is that faster than Core i3. What im trying to communicate here is that, taking only the power consumption without knowing the performance is irrelevant.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5091/...-bridge-e-review-keeping-the-high-end-alive/5

 

[poohbear]

in BF# my 2500k @ 4.4ghz didnt make an ounce of difference over my 3.8ghz X6 1100T @ Ultra settings, despite some people posting that in MP my min FPS will change. it didnt do ANYTHING for BF3! it doesnt matter what cpu u have as long as its a quadcore 3ghz+. The upgrade helped me with RTS games, but really it wasnt a night and day diff.

 

[Durvelle27]

in BF# my 2500k @ 4.4ghz didnt make an ounce of difference over my 3.8ghz X6 1100T @ Ultra settings, despite some people posting that in MP my min FPS will change. it didnt do ANYTHING for BF3! it doesnt matter what cpu u have as long as its a quadcore 3ghz+. The upgrade helped me with RTS games, but really it wasnt a night and day diff.

 

[Hatisherrif]

my volt is 1.39?

I corrected it for you.

 

[Durvelle27]

I corrected it for you.

 

[Makaveli]

lol

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Do you think you can run something older that would be cpu limited, like 3DMark SE 03 06 or something?

 

[Durvelle27]

Do you think you can run something older that would be cpu limited, like 3DMark SE 03 06 or something?

ok gonna go download it ?

 

[BallaTheFeared]

ok let me know, maybe

 

[Durvelle27]

ok let me know, maybe

downloading 06 now should be done in a few minutes

 

[BallaTheFeared]

4.2 sirs?

 

[Durvelle27]

4.2 sirs?

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Your cpu, will be tested at 4.2GHz yes sirs!

 

[Durvelle27]

Your cpu, will be tested at 4.2GHz yes sirs!

yes

 

[Durvelle27]

what settings

 

[Durvelle27]

http://3dmark.com/3dm06/16772068

 

[Blitzvogel]

2/3rds? More like 1/3rd or a quarter of the power of an 8150 at those clock speeds. Holy crap does BD drink the power down when you dial up the hz. It's like dialing up a Westmere-EX, but slower.

That said, I still think it is good to a 4100 holding its own (and it a i3 can, a 4100 should be able to as well given a solid 30-40% clock advantage and ~2x the power consumption.) I really hope PD can further help dial in those numbers to make it a more reasonable choice for more users.

I was comparing an i3 to the FX-4100 since I was referring to the i3 matching it pretty easily in many cases, not one of those full blown 8xxxs which draws on it's own, upwards 140W full load IIRC?

 

[BallaTheFeared]

http://3dmark.com/3dm06/16772068

Meow, I can't get 06 or 11 to run, they're both giving me screenflip errors after the first test :thumbsup:

 

[Durvelle27]

Meow, I can't get 06 or 11 to run, they're both giving me screenflip errors after the first test :thumbsup:

both 05 and 06 work for me except 11 because my video card doesn't support DX 11

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Plays games fine

You did BM, do you own it or does the demo have the benchmark?

I did this:

 

[Durvelle27]

Plays games fine

You did BM, do you own it or does the demo have the benchmark?

I did this:

the demo has the bench

 

[Durvelle27]

Plays games fine

You did BM, do you own it or does the demo have the benchmark?

I did this:

@4.2GHz

 

[BallaTheFeared]

NovaBench?


12286 MB System RAM (Score: 207)
- RAM Speed: 9488 MB/s

CPU Tests (Score: 493)
- Floating Point Operations/Second: 105539984
- Integer Operations/Second: 458105900
- MD5 Hashes Generated/Second: 1195974

Graphics Tests (Score: 742)
- 3D Frames Per Second: 1974


Cinebench?

3.49 here!