nice, I wish they had some pretty graphs for the conclusion though
[Legion Hardware] CPU Scaling With The Radeon HD 5970
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Nice review .. I was quite surprised actually Phenom II is holding quite good ..
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The time has come once again for us to take the gaming industry's fastest performance graphics card and couple it with a wide range of processors from both AMD and Intel. In this first part, which will be just one of many, we are taking the Core i7 (LGA1366) processors and testing them with the Radeon HD 5970 at frequencies from 2.0GHz through to 4.0GHz... |
Nice review .. I was quite surprised actually Phenom II is holding quite good ..
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No, they are hardly overrated when running an SLI/Crossfire Setup.
At this point, CPUs have surpassed consoles significantly so don't expect to require a monster CPU to run games... Come the next generation of consoles however, and the CPU will be just as important as it was in 2006.
Originally Posted by Eastrider  CPUs on gaming are frickenly overrated. |
At this point, CPUs have surpassed consoles significantly so don't expect to require a monster CPU to run games... Come the next generation of consoles however, and the CPU will be just as important as it was in 2006.
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The 5970 is crossfire on a stick though.
Originally Posted by vdek No, they are hardly overrated when running an SLI/Crossfire Setup. At this point, CPUs have surpassed consoles significantly so don't expect to require a monster CPU to run games... Come the next generation of consoles however, and the CPU will be just as important as it was in 2006. |
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Yes, but the two GPUs share data directly between each other since the 5970 has an onboard PCIE controller.
If you had two 5870s or 5850s in CF the benchmarks from this article would be very different.
Originally Posted by sLowEnd The 5970 is crossfire on a stick though. |
If you had two 5870s or 5850s in CF the benchmarks from this article would be very different.
man i'm starting to rethink about going i7......i almost want to get a q9550 E0....clock it to 4.0....and call it a day.....maybe get 8GBs worth of Dominators too.....probably cost me around $350 total
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Well, 5970 is cheaper and better performing overall I believe so I guess the CPU still matters very little
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Originally Posted by vdek Yes, but the two GPUs share data directly between each other since the 5970 has an onboard PCIE controller. If you had two 5870s or 5850s in CF the benchmarks from this article would be very different. |
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I believe this will be a complete reverse performance of the Phenom II's.. SLI/Xfire setups always requires more processing power than a single VGA setup ..
I could be wrong.. I want to know too..
Also i wish they to do a variety of card specifically a single 5850 ..
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Originally Posted by CAHOP240 Nice to see the PhII's holding their own. And faster than an i7 in 5 out of 9 games when both over clocked. Pretty sweet. Now lets see some crossfire 5870's on an i7/AM3 comparison. |
I could be wrong.. I want to know too..
Also i wish they to do a variety of card specifically a single 5850 ..
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The majority of the games tested are First Person Shooters, and quite frankly FPSs aren't really high CPU utilization games.
Try something like GTAIV or Supcom and you'll see a different story.
Originally Posted by Drizzt5 Well, 5970 is cheaper and better performing overall I believe so I guess the CPU still matters very little
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Try something like GTAIV or Supcom and you'll see a different story.
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Beside those two games - and maybe some Source games.
Tell me a game that would make going from high C2Q to i7 worth the 600€ that costs the new platform.
Originally Posted by vdek The majority of the games tested are First Person Shooters, and quite frankly FPSs aren't really high CPU utilization games. Try something like GTAIV or Supcom and you'll see a different story. |
Tell me a game that would make going from high C2Q to i7 worth the 600€ that costs the new platform.
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Crysis with 3 GTX285s, or any game with 3 GTX 285s.
Originally Posted by Eastrider Beside those two games - and maybe some Source games. Tell me a game that would make going from high C2Q to i7 worth the 600€ that costs the new platform. |
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Prime 95 Small FFTs FTW
Originally Posted by Eastrider Beside those two games - and maybe some Source games. Tell me a game that would make going from high C2Q to i7 worth the 600€ that costs the new platform. |
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It's been well known since i7 came out. A decent P2 triple core (like the 720) generally provides the same frame rates as any of the i7 series on most videocards. CPU's don't really do anything anymore in gaming, it's mostly GPU and memory these days.
Originally Posted by NCspecV81 As I've said for months...there is absolutely NO gaming difference between a Phenom II and an i7. |
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