Damn, interesting. My 4ghz E8400 is still within 10% of a 4ghz i7, even in BC2 & Metro. I bet if you benched FC2 the 4g i7 would be 40% faster than the 4g e8400.
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I got the same PSU here, cool beans 
Is that OCZ gold 1600 I am seeing in that pic? Mine doesn't seem to like my mobo (TP55). What vtt/vdimm/freq/latency are you using those at? Then again, I had problems with other corsair sticks with that mobo, it just might be defective for all I know.
Is that OCZ gold 1600 I am seeing in that pic? Mine doesn't seem to like my mobo (TP55). What vtt/vdimm/freq/latency are you using those at? Then again, I had problems with other corsair sticks with that mobo, it just might be defective for all I know.
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What's the name of that behemoth case? I absolutely love it!
It's in my signature. It is awesome.
Thanks for the benchmarks.
Looks like the E8400 held up just fine with a 5870, so I guess my Q9300 still has some life left in it for a new GPU upgrade.
Looks like the E8400 held up just fine with a 5870, so I guess my Q9300 still has some life left in it for a new GPU upgrade.
It doesn't stomp all over it, it does exhibit weird performance though.
Averages are about the same (GPU limited), but the stock E8400 gets a much lower minimum, but also a significantly higher maximum.
It's weird, but it doesn't stomp all over the i7 (and since the performance is equivalent between all the i7's and both E8400 clocks it's not a one off benchmarking issue).
Maybe Metro 2033 does something funny when it only has 2 cores available that results in the weird performance maximum?
The average seems clearly GPU limited, so it doing something funny which has to do wiht 2 vs 4(8) cores might make sense?
Well, when the CPU in question is over two years old and costs $100 less...
Quite possible. Saboteur had problems with quad-core CPU's.
[edit] note, I'm not recommending people go buy a E8400. Just that existing owners may want to do a more thorough cost/benefit analysis.
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I think there is some problem with BFBC2 and the i7, I can't get it to run stable with any setting, everything else is running fine though, I'm working my ass off trying to figure out the bug....The game just crashes after a while...Further testing to continue.
EDIT- Resolved issue by disabling onboard Realtek Sound. It is a BFBC2 only issue.
EDIT- Resolved issue by disabling onboard Realtek Sound. It is a BFBC2 only issue.
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What's the name of that behemoth case? I absolutely love it!
CoolerMaster Storm Sniper Black Edition
I had a similar issue, my fix was to reinstall DX after updating BFBC2. No issue's after this. hope it helps you!
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Hmmm, what kind of crashes were you experiencing? Did your entire system crash? Or just the game, my entire sytem crashes, sometimes I get a BSOD...
I'll try doing what you suggest though. Thanks.
Interesting numbers. I wonder what happened in Dirt 2 Croatia for the 5970 at 1.0 to beat out the 5970 on 2.0 slot. I guess it might be the benchmark being unreliable with the cars doing different things as people have said before.
Also with Metro 2033 I see the huge maximums with the e8400 and the same average as a bad thing since it means the game will be alot choppier and the game dipped below the average more often or went lower to compensate. It is interesting though why that happens with the core 2.
Also with Metro 2033 I see the huge maximums with the e8400 and the same average as a bad thing since it means the game will be alot choppier and the game dipped below the average more often or went lower to compensate. It is interesting though why that happens with the core 2.
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Okay this is the problem I am having at stock i7 and OC settings, http://www.fragtheplanet.com/832/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc-crashfreeze/ .
The game freezes and makes a buzz, I have thus disabled the onbard real tek sound card as it is the problem, so far so smooth, will let you guys know. I have no sound atm, might have to try to use onboard sound from 5870.
The game freezes and makes a buzz, I have thus disabled the onbard real tek sound card as it is the problem, so far so smooth, will let you guys know. I have no sound atm, might have to try to use onboard sound from 5870.
love the post but do you think maybe the psu on the pcie2 board is holding it up? or the fact it has half the ram? seems like should be matching for best results.. also case looks cool but doesnt look any bigger than a antec 1200, is it?
I also think the metro 2033 is interesting i have 4890 crossfire and q6600 stock and runs every game perfect at 1900 res or 1650 if 1900 isnt a option. if you had a quad q9xxx or q6xxx be interesting to see the pcie1/2 vs i7 (im even tempted to loan you a spare q6600 i have heh)
I also think the metro 2033 is interesting i have 4890 crossfire and q6600 stock and runs every game perfect at 1900 res or 1650 if 1900 isnt a option. if you had a quad q9xxx or q6xxx be interesting to see the pcie1/2 vs i7 (im even tempted to loan you a spare q6600 i have heh)
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Thanks, I finally solved the BFBC2 issue by disabling onboard sound. And here are my final 4.0ghz prime stable and Linx stable numbers. I ran both these programs for roughly 30 min all together. Coolermaster Storm Sniper Case fan speed was at 23%.
BIOS Core Voltage level: Standard
Prime and Linx Load:
Idle after stress test:
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Thanks for taking the time to do all these benches Apocalypse23. Now stop benching and start enjoying that machine as a gamer.
It's nice to see that a dual core still has plenty of oomph in the games you tested. I imagine there are games that it would fall behind significantly, but in the games you tested it's still a very good CPU.
It's nice to see that a dual core still has plenty of oomph in the games you tested. I imagine there are games that it would fall behind significantly, but in the games you tested it's still a very good CPU.
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Yes unfortunately I don't have that game any more, I'd have to see if I can get a copy to run the tests.
I got the same PSU here, cool beans
Is that OCZ gold 1600 I am seeing in that pic? Mine doesn't seem to like my mobo (TP55). What vtt/vdimm/freq/latency are you using those at? Then again, I had problems with other corsair sticks with that mobo, it just might be defective for all I know.
Posted above in pics. I ditched the OCZ Gold as it wouldn't run past 1400Mhz...It is rated at 1066 by OCZ and shipped as 1600 but also doesn't have any XMP profile. I instead used Crucial RAM if you look at the prior posts.
Thanks for taking the time to do all these benches Apocalypse23. Now stop benching and start enjoying that machine as a gamer.
It's nice to see that a dual core still has plenty of oomph in the games you tested. I imagine there are games that it would fall behind significantly, but in the games you tested it's still a very good CPU.
Thanks and I'm having a lot of fun running these tests, I still have the 5970, and hybrid CF tests to come.
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Okay I conducted the following tests:
5850+5870 (worked well in 3dMark Vantage, was even able to overclock each card individually and run in CF, however, games like Dirt 2, Metro 2033, Unigine Heaven all crashed due to some unknown reasons, it's most probably a CF issue with a 5850 and a 5870, I've therefore given up on testing a 5850+5870 for the time being.
5970 results coming shortly, I also noticed that my case can not fit a third card as I need an additional expansion slot on the case...I'd have to try to take the mobo out and run the 5970+5870+5850 CF test at a later date.
Notes: Crysis had very minor glitches of micro stuttering, these were very minuscule but I could tell that it was a bit of an issue. BFBC2 and Dirt 2 ran as smooth as silk, it was so perfect I couldn't believe it.
5850+5870 (worked well in 3dMark Vantage, was even able to overclock each card individually and run in CF, however, games like Dirt 2, Metro 2033, Unigine Heaven all crashed due to some unknown reasons, it's most probably a CF issue with a 5850 and a 5870, I've therefore given up on testing a 5850+5870 for the time being.
5970 results coming shortly, I also noticed that my case can not fit a third card as I need an additional expansion slot on the case...I'd have to try to take the mobo out and run the 5970+5870+5850 CF test at a later date.
Notes: Crysis had very minor glitches of micro stuttering, these were very minuscule but I could tell that it was a bit of an issue. BFBC2 and Dirt 2 ran as smooth as silk, it was so perfect I couldn't believe it.
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Is it possible to do the e8400 @ 3.9 with the crossfire setup and compare it to the i7 system?
It's nice to know my Q9550 will push a crossfire 5970 and 5870 crossfire setup. Thanks.
It's nice to know my Q9550 will push a crossfire 5970 and 5870 crossfire setup. Thanks.
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