XCPUs.com - Phenon vs. Yorkfield gaming teaser using Lost Planet

[brentpresley]

http://www.xcpus.com/forums/motherboard-cpu-articles/12257-lost-planet-battle-ground-when-cpu-gpu-collide.html

Small teaser of Jack's difinitive 60+ game comparison of a Phenom and Yorkfield (both at 2.5GHz).

Looks like as interconnect traffic jumps, the Phenom makes up a lot of the ground it loses to the Yorkfield at lower resolutions.

Be interesting to see if this holds true for more than just this one game.

[PhysX]

bah, not a very good review, you would think they would have actually done some REAL cpu benches... ill wait for some real ones...

[brentpresley]

bah, not a very good review, you would think they would have actually done some REAL cpu benches... ill wait for some real ones...

Not to be rude, but can you actually READ? :bang head

It's a preview of a 60-game review.

[PhysX]

I guess not I didn't see that anywhere. Bad site layout I guess.

[brentpresley]

I guess not I didn't see that anywhere. Bad site layout I guess.

It was in my OP. ;)

[Dan0512]

Nice find. Though I'd like to see some results with "high" graphic settings, it'd really show some people how most games won't end up being bottlenecked by the CPU.

dan

[Leviathan41]

Welcome to the forums brent! :welcome:

[brentpresley]

Welcome to the forums brent! :welcome:

Thanks.

Nice little shack you guys got over here. ;)

[deathman20]

Welcome...

As well indeed good find. Really helps to see's where each platform is the strongest at.

[Mr.Guvernment]

i figure it's common knowledge that most any res over 1280 x was not cpu limited but more GPU these days..... anything below, your looking at cpu more so

[brentpresley]

i figure it's common knowledge that most any res over 1280 x was not cpu limited but more GPU these days..... anything below, your looking at cpu more so

Yes and no. GPU bounding appears to occur at different resolutions for different games (assuming the same GPU used in the comparisons).

So to do a proper CPU comparison on gaming (the ultimate intent of the FINAL article - this is a primer), you first have to find where the GPU bounding is, for each game.

It's a ton of work, but in the end you will have the definitive guide to where these games are GPU bound (at least on quads).

[ryanmartini]

conclusion:

whatever your personel modern cpu preference whether it be amd or intel, both will run all modern games fine with the right hardware around them.

[Hardin]

The thing I don't like about a lot of cpu benchmarks is that they benchmark it at 1280x1024 with low or medium details. I don't care about that since I only use 1680x1050 with high or max settings.

[Mr.Guvernment]

^^ yes so at those res your CPU isnt the issue anymore, it is your GPU

cpu bottlenecking is found at lower resolutions, not higher ones.