Phenom II 955 Versus Core i7 920: Gaming Value Compared
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Game Benchmarks: Crysis
Let's start with Crysis. In the Cyberpower review, the game was somewhat dominated by the Intel Core i7 system and its dual GeForce GTX 260 graphics cards:
Right out of the gate, we're seeing a huge difference between these new results and the Cyberpower Gamer Dragon results. Here, while the Core i7 system is showing a slight advantage at lower resolutions when overclocked, the Phenom II system is holding its own where it counts at 1920x1200.
And, when anti-aliasing (AA) is applied...
...the Phenom II system with its Radeon HD 4890 cards even wins by a few frames.
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chaohsiangchen Very good article. Too bad that it wan't done with nvidia cards. We need to see how GTX260-216 SLI with Core i7 920 can beat Phenom II 955 with two GTX 275.Reply -
frozenlead Why weren't the graphics cards included in the price breakdowns for both systems? Especially considering the cards were different...they should be in there, no?Reply
Adding in nvidia cards would be interesting to see, yes, but then we're moving more into engine optimizations and such, and things get less exact. Maybe the effect of software preferences on hardware architecture can be a future writeup? Nice article, here, though. -
twisted politiks how about all the AMD Fanboys stop complaining about Intel. so what if people say they are better. who FREAKIN cares. you should expect them to perform better, they are pricier. you buy AMD BECAUSE of the price, so therefor, you should expect less performance. AMD is awesome, and so is Intel, its like complaining about a Honda Vs. a BMW or something along those lines, they are different, and because of price, you should expect one to out perform the other. so if you want to save money, by the damned AMD, but dont complain when other people favor Intel whether they are right or not, you end up looking like imature Fanboy's who are jealous they cant afford the Intel (which is just a generalization). BTW, without Intel, AMD wouldnt be cheaper, nor would it be as powerful as it is without competition to keep the company improving it.Reply -
Proximon Currently there is a huge newegg discount on a 955/790FX combo making it quite attractive, but of course that kind of thing has to be left out of an article like this.Reply
As I expected on the numbers, but I now want to see if the 790X chipset is to blame, or the Gigabyte board itself, or perhaps the memory controller onboard the CPU is to blame? -
frozenlead lashtonits annoying to see that toms hardware seems to be very pro intelReply
Did you read the conclusion at all? AMD lost by the numbers. That's not pro-intel, it's pro-logic. It's pro-science. That's the way the world works. -
wisdom_learner twisted politikshow about all the AMD Fanboys stop complaining about Intel. so what if people say they are better. who FREAKIN cares. you should expect them to perform better, they are pricier. you buy AMD BECAUSE of the price, so therefor, you should expect less performance. AMD is awesome, and so is Intel, its like complaining about a Honda Vs. a BMW or something along those lines, they are different, and because of price, you should expect one to out perform the other. so if you want to save money, by the damned AMD, but dont complain when other people favor Intel whether they are right or not, you end up looking like imature Fanboy's who are jealous they cant afford the Intel (which is just a generalization). BTW, without Intel, AMD wouldnt be cheaper, nor would it be as powerful as it is without competition to keep the company improving it.Reply
Wow. You take things way too seriously.