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Introduction
So I had some free time and a GTX670 available so I decided to check out how much CPU frequency actually mattered at my resolution [2560x1440]. After doing some tests I realized I could actually share the results since the 670 is actually a really common GPU with nice price/perf and with the Korean monitors becoming more and more common the setup I had is suddenly a pretty common one.
Enjoy.
Settings & Setup
Setup
- Intel Core i7 3930K @ 3.5ghz, 4.0ghz, 4.5ghz, 4.8ghz, 5.1ghz
- Asus Rampage IV Extreme w/EK blocks
- 2x 4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 7-8-7-21 1T @ 2133MHz 9-11-9-27 1T
- Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCu II @915Mhz (980Mhz boost)
- [X25-MG2 80GB, 2x Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 in raid0, WD Green 750GB
- Corsair AX1200
- Windows 7 64bit Home premium
- CPU: Single stage phase change cooling
- Motherboard: Watercooling
- GPU: Stock Air cooling
Games & Benches
- StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty [2560x1440]
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [2560x1440]
- Portal 2 [2560x1440]
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings [2560x1440]
- DiRT 3 [2560x1440]
- Crysis [1920x1200]
- Just Cause 2 [2560x1440]
- 3dmark 11 [Performance preset]
- 3dmark Vantage [Performance preset]
Notes
- Driver version: 301.42
- Force PCI-e 3.0 patch: yes
- All games at maxed settings w/ 8xAA