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I found the benchmark interesting as there was a lot of speculation at the time if the game was CPU limited or not.
Damn thing is buggy too. And can take a long time to complete. Not a very good tool.
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I found the benchmark interesting as there was a lot of speculation at the time if the game was CPU limited or not.
IMO the gaming tests are pretty much useless. They say absolutely nothing about real world gaming performance. But I guess you can't make everyone happy.
Great review as always.
I do have a complaint.
IMO the gaming tests are pretty much useless. They say absolutely nothing about real world gaming performance. But I guess you can't make everyone happy.
You already have an overclocked rig for testing that you can use for comparison . Just do a quick test with say a 570 or 6970 on an OC 2500k/2600k. So we can see how SB compares to a high end core i7.
For what it is worth, I think these gaming benchmarks are fairly useless, but people want to see these. Like the article linked above, we will soon be doing a comprehensive CPU Gameplay Scaling article. These usually take over a month to complete, but we will be likely working on it by February. Gaming is generally GPU limited but we are seeing some swing the other way as GPUs have gotten so powerful and at the same time some gamers have kept on with their "smaller" displays. It is my opinion that if you are CPU limited in your games, you need to make sure you next upgrade is your display. I guess we will find out in February hopefully.
I have tried to generate a newer set of benchmarks that are canned and very repeatable for this comparison. I am not sure of the validity of the Final Fantasy benchmark yet, but will be further evaluating it. All in all, take these with a grain of salt.
Already mentioned (in the review and in here) that a in-depth gaming article is being worked on.
What are you running now?
Thanks for the review guys! Looks like I'll be getting a 2500k and either an ASUS or Intel mobo as the other manufacturers seem to lack what I need/want (namely UEFI and eSATA at a reasonable price)
Also how loud is the heatsink that comes with K model processors? I saw that it has a switch for quiet and loud. I'll eventually replace it with an aftermarket but I don't want to spend money on that right away.
I don't think it's worth jumping the LGA1366 ship just to grab Sandy Bridge. At least not if you've got yours overclocking to around 4GHz.
Core i7 920. I had it at 4.2GHz but since my EVGA Classified is swirling down the drain I had to drop it back to stock settings. Later on tonight I plan on swapping in my Rampage III Formula into my system and getting my overclock on.
It would certainly make sense for you to skip 1155 since what's what you're running.
Let me also add that if I were running something older I'd go with Sandy Bridge in a heart beat and skip LGA1366. Yeah LGA1366 has more memory bandwidth and six core CPUs, but in the real world these things mean very little unless you have applications that can use those advantages. Gaming is what I'm most concerned about and 4.4GHz+ on a $300 CPU is very reasonable and very alluring.
Let me also add that if I were running something older I'd go with Sandy Bridge in a heart beat and skip LGA1366. Yeah LGA1366 has more memory bandwidth and six core CPUs, but in the real world these things mean very little unless you have applications that can use those advantages. Gaming is what I'm most concerned about and 4.4GHz+ on a $300 CPU is very reasonable and very alluring.
As a Q6600 owner should I ride it out till LGA2011 comes out? March 2011 will put me at three years with a Q6600.
Would love to see clock for clock, no turbo, just good old apples to apples across old / new gen.
As a Q6600 owner should I ride it out till LGA2011 comes out? March 2011 will put me at three years with a Q6600.
great review kyle as usual.
though i find this interesting http://www.semiaccurate.com/2011/01/02/sandy-bridge-biggest-disapointment-year/ apparently sandy + linux = door stop.. lol ah charlie what are we going to do with you...
What advice would you give to PC Gamers like me?
I want the most bang I can get for gaming. Money is an object, but not a concern at this time. ( I was just about to plunk a "G note" down for the i7 980X as you have).
I guess I am asking: what would you do?
Thanks.
A 980X won't land you anything more than a 2600k in terms of gaming, put the cash difference aside and go SLI and triple monitors
Would love to see clock for clock, no turbo, just good old apples to apples across old / new gen.
I would think most people visiting this site won't be running at stock speeds on their processor (I could be wrong).
Yeah LGA1366 has more memory bandwidth and six core CPUs, but in the real world these things mean very little unless you have applications that can use those advantages. Gaming is what I'm most concerned about and 4.4GHz+ on a $300 CPU is very reasonable and very alluring.