Can any one explain why this is happening?

[SKYSTAR]

please see these two pages and tell me why there a big difference in fps in the same games for example in review number 1 the i7 920 has only 36 fps on Civilization V but in the second review the i7 920 has 108 fps .
https://www.techspot.com/review/320-civilization-v-performance/page12.html
https://www.techspot.com/review/418-amd-a8-3850-apu/page10.html

 

[DKRON]

Took my awile to work it out but if you look closely the first one is using a GTX580 and the second is using a GTX480

 

[SKYSTAR]

thank you man

 

[DKRON]

all good, i was stuck as you were for about 15 minutes as well lol

 

[herpaderp]

The time difference between those 2 graphs is almost a year. I remember after a certain nVidia driver update, people reported performance in Civilization V increased DRAMATICALLY. I'm surprised it's by that much though, 72fps, but then again, the performance review was done a few days after the game came out, whereas the other graph you were looking at is from 8 months later, on a more powerful card.

 

[LNCPapa]

I'm curious about those results from the second link - I guess it could also be the difference between zoomed in and zoomed out along with the driver updates guys have previously mentioned.