Conroe E6300ES review =)

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K404

If a game is being tested at 640.480 to show one CPUs better performance against another, at the expense of real-world use...whats the point?

well , like some people mentioned here , to isolate GPU bottleneck and compare actual CPU performance I wish i had Crossfire setup so we can actualy use real world resolutions , unfortunately i have only one card at the moment
Like lets say F.E.A.R. , it won't run well enough with single X1900XTX @ 750/900 with AA enabled with and high resolutions . Been playing online , on a busy 16 people deathmatch server , fps monitoring with FRAPS 2.74 :

Opteron 170 @ 2.8GHz
Cooler Master Hyper 6
DFI LP UT nF4 Xpert
2x512Mb , 255MHz @ 2-2-2-5-1T
X1900XTX @ 750/900
250Gb WD2500JS-00MHB1 , S-ATA 16Mb
Win XP Pro SP2 , Cat 6.6

Arithmetic average from 5 runs for each resolution :

Min. FPS :

1600x1200 , AAx0/AFx16 , Max. Quality , SoftShadows - Off. : 27.8 fps
1280x1024 , AAx4/AFx16 , Max. Quality , SoftShadows - Off. : 22.4 fps
640x480 , AAx0/AFx16 , Max. Quality , SoftShadows - Off. : 45.0 fps

Avg. FPS :

1600x1200 , AAx0/AFx16 , Max. Quality , SoftShadows - Off. : 81.02 fps
1280x1024 , AAx4/AFx16 , Max. Quality , SoftShadows - Off. : 62.22 fps
640x480 , AAx0/AFx16 , Max. Quality , SoftShadows - Off. : 111.98 fps

1600x1200 , AAx0/AFx16 - it was ok
1280x1024 , AAx4/AFx16 ... well - i didn't enjoy it , fps are too low for online gaming
640x480 , AAx0/AFx16 - very smouth , but couldn't see anything on my 21" CRT lol

FRAPS log's if anyone interested :

1600x1200 , AAx0/AFx16 :

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
44107, 590161, 31, 297, 74.737

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
90145, 903468, 29, 284, 99.777

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
66125, 897281, 28, 305, 73.695

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
73354, 899767, 24, 274, 81.526

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
67761, 898443, 27, 219, 75.420

1280x1024 , AAx4/AFx16 :

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
54865, 898226, 28, 165, 61.082

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
57340, 896534, 20, 189, 63.957

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
10410, 147029, 22, 242, 70.802

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
30760, 591178, 27, 152, 52.032

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
43307, 684274, 15, 201, 63.289

The point of running 640x480 is to compare actual CPU performance , isolate them from GPU bottleneck and get the idea of what would be the best choise for more powerfull next generation GPU's (or SLI/Crossfire setups u can get today if u are hardcore gamer )