Originally Posted by
STaRGaZeR
You need a 4GHz PhenomII to reach a 2,8GHz Core i7 in MW2. 3GHz vs 2,4GHz in Left4Dead and Crysis Warhead. And this is with insane settings, one would think you'll be GPU limited. I don't get your point at all, that article just confirms what I'm saying. Too bad they don't test minFPS, you'd see bigger differences.
As above, minFPS (and avg, but whatever) aren't quite the same here with a single 5850 between 3 and 4 GHz with my Core i5, and I bet they won't be the same in your machine too. I don't play at 800x600 low settings ;). Most games only use 2 or 3 threads, not to mention any "old" game only uses 1. Intel owns here, end of the story, and if you have a 120Hz monitor or you just want high framerates you don't want AMD unless you can't afford a midrange Intel i5/i7.
Who's talking 980X here? That's only for benchers and some crazy chunchers with deep pockets. As long as you use heavy multithreading this processor has 0 rivals at this price range. It's not even funny. Heck, I think with these Thuban CPUs PhenomII X4 has no reason to exist at all. Same or better clocks, more cores, more or less the same price, turbo...