Nyttig test for de som synes det er morsomt å konfigurer gamer rigger.

[Osse]

Legion Hardware har endelig gjort en sammenlignbar test for hvor kraftig cpu vi trenger for å drive disse beisata som radeon 5870 og 5970 er, og dette med radeon 5970. Nå er desverre ikke I5 med der enda, men her er det endelig testet med gamersettinger, resultatet forbauser meg noe. Selv radeon 5970 er mye mer gpu bundet enn jeg trodde. Jeg var overasket over hvor gjevnt det var, men ok her var testen på 2560x1600. Noe som selvsagt en bør ha dersom en først har et 5970.

 

Les gjerne testen her, særskilt de som liker å anbefale andre.

 

Personlig hadde jeg her forventet en soleklar I7 seier..... Dette selvsagt utfra tester som en vanligvis leser hvor en ser bort ifra gpu.

 

The Phenom II X4 results were quite different to those recorded when testing with the Core i7 processors, though this was not necessarily a bad thing. When operating at lower clock speeds, the Phenom II X4 did not fair all that well, as we saw a sharp decline in performance. However when clocked at 3.0GHz and beyond, the Phenom II X4 really picked up the pace, and in many cases was able to outclass the Core i7.

 

In games such as Wolfenstein, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X, BattleForge and Far Cry 2 the Phenom II X4 processors were actually faster when clocked up near 4GHz! This is quite amazing as out of the 9 games tested, the Phenom II X4 series was faster than the Core i7’s in 5 of them. Although the margins were very limited, the Phenom II X4 was found to be faster, and had it just managed to match the Core i7 series with the Radeon HD 5970, we would have been impressed.

 

While the Phenom II X4 matched the Core i7 in Crysis Warhead, the only games where it failed was Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts, Left 4 Dead 2 and Batman Arkham Asylum. The Phenom II X4 was noticeably slower in these games, making the Core i7 the better choice here. Still, for the most part we found the Phenom II X4 to be every bit as good as the Core i7 processors when gaming with the new Radeon HD 5970.

 

Having said that, we recommend that AMD users looking at buying this powerful graphics card make sure that they have a Phenom II X4 processor that is clocked at 3.0GHz or greater. Most Phenom II X4 processors are capable of overclocking to 3.0GHz and beyond, while the more high-end options, such as the Phenom II X4 955 and 965 processors, come clocked at 3.2GHz and 3.4GHz respectively.

 

While we hardly expect there will be many users trying to pair a $600 US graphics card, such as the Radeon HD 5970, with a budget processor, it is nice to see that the sub-$200 US processors are up to the task. The Intel Core i7 920 proved to be more than powerful enough at $280 US, while the AMD Phenom II X4 955 will work just as well at $165 US, giving users plenty of great options.

 

Reviewed By Steven Walton

Endret 13. desember 2009 av Osse

[Mathias-S]

Veldig flott test, takk for linken! Hadde også vært spennende å se tilsvarende for i5 og C2Q-prosessorer også.