System Builder Marathon, March 2011: $1000 Enthusiast PC

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Benchmark Results: DiRT 2 And S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call Of Pripyat

December’s Core i3-based system and its dual graphics card solution shows much better here, especially when 8x AA is enabled.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. favors the December Core i3/GeForce GTX 460 SLI combo over the competitors at 2560x1600 or when the Ultra preset is enabled with 4x AA, but at lower detail settings and resolutions, the current system shows a sizable advantage.

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Don Woligroski was a former senior hardware editor for Tom's Hardware. He has covered a wide range of PC hardware topics, including CPUs, GPUs, system building, and emerging technologies.