3.2G OC'd CORE i7 940 vs. 3.16Ghz Stock E8500 vs. 3.2Ghz Stock QX9770 Complete Review

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yup HL2 need cpu power like mad, try playing TF2 on a 32player server, anything below 3,5ghz -> welcome bleow 30fps.

@everybody that is whining

if you dont like what you see dont buy it, quite your whining about the price if you cant afford it, a stick to to cheap dual cores... i bet 2/3 of the people in this thread wont buy a nehelem the next 2 months anyway...

Hmm nah, on ZPS I sometimes drop to very little but I blame that on poor server code. My rig normally runs a 3.4GHz when gaming and since upgrading to 4870 (from 2900XT XF) I've noticed a massive drop in slow downs (except the first play on some maps, 2fort in the centre) in TF2 but now never below 40fps.

Anyhoo, I'm thinking of upgrading my CPU and the E7x00 class look very promising for price/performance. Once OC'd over 4.0GHz they'd probably still hold their own in anything less than a Tri-SLi or QuadFire setup or Crysis.

If UT3 is truely multi threading can you give us some max/min/avg fps data comparing 1, 2 ,3 & 4 cores enabled?