Saw this coming from a mile away...I think it will be appropriate to steal this game from online torrents rather than buying it. And the authors shouldn't complain.
Saw this coming from a mile away...
Nehalem -> Lynnfield -> Sandy Bridge -> Ivy Bridge -> Haswell
That's a lot of generations to try to get into benchmarks. I think it's time to retire them from the benches. Anyone who owns one should have an idea of how it fairs against more recent chips.
I have a different take. most people are still rockin Nehalem, and even more are still rockin the good old Q6600 believe it or not. when it comes to modern gaming, most people upgrade GPU more often than their CPU. my last Q6600 lasted me for 5 years, and I only recently upgraded to Ivy Bridge. although my living room rig is still Nahalm, which will still be for few more years. so I think it's good to keep those cpu's as they're a good indication of performance comparison for the consumers. not to mention Intel has accelerated their CPU release schedule into every 9 months. it used to be one generation would take a year or two to come out, now there's a new one soon as you get yours.
Another single-threaded optimized and GPU heavy game... oh god. Get it through your head, multi-threaded is the future.
I think it will be appropriate to steal this game from online torrents rather than buying it. And the authors shouldn't complain.
Don't confuse what I said with thinking I said Nehalem was slow. What I'm trying to get across is that they've been around for over 5 years now and they've been out of production for 2. People who own these things (I have a 930 in a spare box) should have a good idea how they rank against the newer generations... and it's not that much slower. I still have my SB 2600k just because IB and Haswell didn't impress enough for me to upgrade.I have a different take.
I'm also not sure about this comment. You may be right, but I don't know (nor do I really want to think about) how to confirm or deny this statement. What I do know is this is an enthusiast computing site and it's a little hard for me to believe that most of us are still running 5 year-old chips. I agree that the GPU is probably changed more often than any other part and that holds true for me also... but again, this is an enthusiast site.most people are still rockin Nehalem, and even more are still rockin the good old Q6600 believe it or not.
Ohh, also, I turned Tessellation on which in the game wasn't on after setting all external settings to max.With my i7 3770k and GTX 690, the included benchmark with the game showed: 105.3 MAX FPS
77.0 AVG FPS. I had to use 'exclusive fullscreen' to get > 60Hz (my rig runs 144Hz) allowances though. But playing this game with FRAPS on, it never dips but the rarest times < 100. I'd be curious to see other would-be SLI/CF setups.
I agree with u on nehalem.
As I'm still running a Gen 1 i7 970 @ 4.2 Ghz
however not on the Q6600 part anyone still using one of these even overclocked should have upgraded to something better by now. A Q6600 will bottleneck most modern video cards, while a highly clocked Nehalem chip isn't to far behind haswell when gaming.
And yes the numbers for AMD are embarrassing in this game but why is anyone surprised Intel has held the IPC lead since conroe and has only increased it since then. AMD on the other hand need a new architecture and badly.
Another single-threaded optimized and GPU heavy game... oh god. Get it through your head, multi-threaded is the future.