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AMD CPU Refresh: 5 New Phenom II & Athlon II Models

Discussion in 'Articles and Reviews Comments' started by Julio Franco, Sep 21, 2010.

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  1. red1776 Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe

    What the two above me said, the GPU handles the AA....
    ....and really?? 32AA, oh please! BTW 32AA is much more than a 10% performance hit
    red1776, Sep 21, 2010
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  2. Steve TechSpot Staff

    Steve, Sep 21, 2010
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  3. en0nym0us Newcomer, in training

    I didn't mean to argue or prefer one brand over the other. What I was trying to understand was why would someone argue over a 180 to 200 FPS difference when I (and most others) am going to lock my frames with vsync anyways.

    I only glanced at the links you provided. From what I seen in that quick period of time, it seems as if the Phenom II X4 965 runs more efficient when clocked to 3.8Ghz. I just got my 965 setup and finished installing a fresh copy of Windows7. I look forward to OCing the CPU to 3.8Ghz and testing the performance difference from stock speeds via performance and not by FPS.
    en0nym0us, Sep 21, 2010
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  4. Steve TechSpot Staff

    I didn't single anyone out, I just meant in general the argument is off topic. Anyway what you are seeing is not better scaling by the Phenom II X4 but rather a GPU bottleneck. The Radeon HD 5970 has become the weakest link and therefore the Phenom II X4 and Core i7 deliver the same performance. This will be the case in any game that is more GPU dependent than CPU.
    Steve, Sep 22, 2010
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  5. Guest

    way i see it 955 BE vs core i7 gaming you spend half the money for 85 to 95% of the performance. So gaming wise a heavy gamer would be wise to get a 955, one heck of a motherboard, and still have enough cash left over for a 100 dollar more expensive graphics card. or liquid cooling solution and jump to 99%-110% of the performance using the same card.
    Guest, Oct 4, 2010
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  6. champmanfan TechSpot Member

    RE: Page 4.

    What I don't understand is how the cheap i7 930 @2.8GHz outperforms the premium i7 980x @ 3.33GHz by 17% on the SiSoft Sandra Memory Bandwidth Performance test. Why did the 980x only come second?

    Of the tests I've read to date, normally the i7 980x comes tops because of the higher default clocks when comparing to the slower 'cost-effective' offering of the 920/930.
    champmanfan, Oct 12, 2010
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  7. Andrek Newcomer, in training

    mmm thanks techspot! this has given me a good idea on affordablilty to CPUs i'm currently looking at!
    Andrek, Jan 7, 2011
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