- Jul 3, 2003
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Ok, will I do get that many games are GPU bound, however then why see benchmarks at low crappy res and the i7 965EE eating the AMD Pii 940 for lunch - would that lead not hold then when turn up the res???
I see reviews when as example going to 1920x1200 with games like Far Cry2, Crysis WarHead, Fear2, CoD 4 and WaW with AMD pii 940 beating it out in most or all cases (in some reviews also with Intel system running more memory, 2GB VS 3GB).
Couple of links below as example to reviews doing gaming benches at higher res or normal for many people showing just that.
So 2 part ? - 1 why then if for gaming even bother blowing huge cash (as I did) on Intel i7 965EE when AMD Pii 940 is faster in gaming - 2 why???, so what changes so much so that AMD at 640 or 800 res in benchmarks no beats Intel, yet in real every day res for many it does?
I guess also, with the total bandwidth still with HyperTransport being pretty good on AMD side of things, does that play a part, system loaded up with highend graphic cards, audio and so on, then all the data transfer on the bus load Intel system up or what?
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Also (this is the edit) from legionhardware (link below)
Far Cry 2 has proven to be the most CPU dependent game of the bunch, offering substantial performance gains when paired with an extreme processor. Amazingly the Phenom II X4 940 was in fact the fastest processor tested here rendering 63fps, while the Phenom II X4 920 matched the Core i7 965 Extreme Edition with 62fps. This is a stellar result for AMD, and the Phenom II X4 920 proved to be 17% faster than the old Phenom X4 9950.
Click HERE
I see reviews when as example going to 1920x1200 with games like Far Cry2, Crysis WarHead, Fear2, CoD 4 and WaW with AMD pii 940 beating it out in most or all cases (in some reviews also with Intel system running more memory, 2GB VS 3GB).
Couple of links below as example to reviews doing gaming benches at higher res or normal for many people showing just that.
So 2 part ? - 1 why then if for gaming even bother blowing huge cash (as I did) on Intel i7 965EE when AMD Pii 940 is faster in gaming - 2 why???, so what changes so much so that AMD at 640 or 800 res in benchmarks no beats Intel, yet in real every day res for many it does?
I guess also, with the total bandwidth still with HyperTransport being pretty good on AMD side of things, does that play a part, system loaded up with highend graphic cards, audio and so on, then all the data transfer on the bus load Intel system up or what?
Click HERE
and
Click HERE
Also (this is the edit) from legionhardware (link below)
Far Cry 2 has proven to be the most CPU dependent game of the bunch, offering substantial performance gains when paired with an extreme processor. Amazingly the Phenom II X4 940 was in fact the fastest processor tested here rendering 63fps, while the Phenom II X4 920 matched the Core i7 965 Extreme Edition with 62fps. This is a stellar result for AMD, and the Phenom II X4 920 proved to be 17% faster than the old Phenom X4 9950.
Click HERE