System Builder Marathon, March 2011: $2000 Performance PC
Benchmark Results: Crysis And F1 2010
Crysis responds favorably to nearly every performance improvement that can be made to a modern system, from faster storage (“save progress” slowed progress on older drives) to memory timings, CPU, and GPU performance.
At stock speed, our current build fell between the former system’s stock and overclocked performance level.
Overclocking provided a much larger performance gain, allowing the new system to play more smoothly at 2560x1600 than the former system had at 1680x1050.
Performance similarities at Crysis’ most GPU-dependent setting cause us to speculate about the level of superiority in the new system’s Radeon HD 6950 graphics cards.
Using its “High Quality” preset, F1 2010 appears to be bottlenecked by the CPU in most configurations. Of course we’re going to push the game’s settings higher for our next chart.
Ultra quality at 8x AA reaffirms the performance improvements of our new system’s graphics cards over the previous build’s Radeon HD 6870s, and the most graphics-dependent 2560x1600 resolution shows around 5% performance gained for our 5% GPU overclock.
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wribbs Was wondering when the SBM would return. Now if I just had an extra $2K. Now lets see how the lower price models hold up.Reply
Sure is a good time to be building a new PC. -
dragonsqrrl Wow, nice system this time around. Excellent performance and efficiency, although I personally would've chosen a nicer case for a $2000 system. I know you guys have your reasons, and for the purposes of a purely price/performance oriented build it makes sense to skimp on the aesthetic qualities of a case, but for me personally, it's still nice to see a high-end case complement some high-end hardware.Reply -
toxxel Nice system for 2k, wondering what the other systems will offer for their respective tier.Reply -
sparky2010 since the 6990 is out, wouldn't getting that one card be a legitimate choice too? isn't it also at around $600?Reply -
illuminatuz oh wow!!! you know what if you can really think you can make a performance pc.. i mean same performance.. but lesser cost..Reply
i am not saying OC and AMD thing.. same hardware.. -
dertechie That system looks familiar. Very familiar. Almost. . . have you been spying on me?Reply
I built a system exactly like that, except with an 2500K, P8P67 Pro, single 6950 2GB, single SSD, DVD rather than BD, H50 and a cheaper PSU. Tears through Metro 2033 maxed at 1920x1200 like butter. When prices on 6950s fall some more I'll add a card and see if they can handle Eyefinity. -
illuminatuz and its possible.. just take a nice gtx 560ti rather two amd sli and take 8 gig ram.. since anything above 8 gig will give diminishing returns and 500 gb hdd is more than enough i think.. buy a cheaper case, (punch holes to make it cooler :P) thats it.. same cpu same mobo and everything else same. you can also opt for cheaper 1155 mobo. i think gigabyte's got some.. or asus maybe.. no need for some two pcie and crap.. you can take a higher gpu.. say like gtx 580 or 6990.. well sli will give value if you are going for long term.. and you can install server's power.. they are cheap and of higher quality (thats what i heard from my pc vendor). i think there better be another marathon where there are the best pc at lowest cost.. that would make more sense rather giving budget.. so that people can know what they can make with the money they got.. since not all have exactly 1000$ or 2000$ there are people from other countries as well following www.tomshardware.com so keep up the good work fellas ^_^/~~Reply -
tapher Ten-ies!Reply
Props on the build, dawgs. Daddy likes!
Breath is bated for the bevy of builds to come!