The Lynnfield Preview: Rumblings of Revenge
by Anand Lal Shimpi on May 29, 2009 1:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Fallout 3 Game Performance
Bethesda’s latest game uses an updated version of the Gamebryo engine (Oblivion). This benchmark takes place immediately outside Vault 101. The character walks away from the vault through the Springvale ruins. The benchmark is measured manually using FRAPS.
I would caution you against drawing any conclusions based on the gaming performance data here. Fallout 3 isn't heavily threaded and thus would probably exploit the shipping Lynnfield's turbo modes quite well. I would be surprised if Lynnfield didn't perform in the top three once it ships.
FarCry 2 Multithreaded Game Performance
FarCry 2 ships with the most impressive benchmark tool we’ve ever seen in a PC game. Part of this is due to the fact that Ubisoft actually tapped a number of hardware sites (AnandTech included) from around the world to aid in the planning for the benchmark.
For our purposes we ran the CPU benchmark included in the latest patch:
Even without a fully functional turbo mode, Lynnfield does quite well under Far Cry 2.
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Depeche - Friday, May 29, 2009 - link
Man thats ancient ... ya I would defiantly wait for the Core i5s. To get a Core i7 just doesn't seem worth it now with the Core i5's coming out.Samus - Friday, May 29, 2009 - link
i7 still makes sense if you plan ona) SLI/CF
b) dual-CPU
c) memory bandwidth intensive tasks (seeding torrents, folding@home, etc) where triple channel makes some sense
d) the need for 6 memory slots
e) something currently purchasable
I also suspect the release of "i5" chips will drive down prices of i7, specifically the i7-920, the most desirable i7. Keeping in mind the i7-920's overclocking ability, it is still much more capable than the "i5" even if you assume the "i5" overclocks as well, because the i7 has Jackson technology active across its entire lineup.
DJMiggy - Monday, June 1, 2009 - link
I swear I read that the i7 doesn't support dual CPUs. Maybe that has changed with xeons though or I might just be insane. Probably the latter.wifiwolf - Sunday, May 31, 2009 - link
i7 system is too expensive, cpu is also expensive but system is too overpriced.Jabbernyx - Friday, May 29, 2009 - link
^ This, although for me personally (b) isn't important and I've effectively nerfed (d) by using an EX58-UD3R :P