Why does phenom perform better than an intel quad at high resolution in Lost Planet?

[SkullCracka]

More strangeness .... I re-ran a 1280x1024 run using an HTT multiplier to set the HTT link to 800 Mhz (that's down from 2000 Mhz):

Here is the data for both runs:

Phenom 9850 2.5 GHz 2.0 GHz NB 2.0 Ghz HTT and DDR2-1066


Phenom 9850 2.5 GHz 2.0 GHz NB 800 MHz HTT and DDR2-800


The data at 10280x1024 in the article is 2.5 GHz Core 2.0 GHz NB 2.0 GHz HTT and DDR2-800

Neither snow or cave show much of a huge difference, Snow gets about 8 FPS (EDIT at low 'CPU limited regime' resoluionts) and generally better with DDR2-1066 but the HTT at 800 has no effect.

jack

i have noticed that low ht and low nb doesnt make much difefrence either.
is it that the ondie ht,nb is such low latency that it is still just as fast as the memory and still has a gerater or equal bandwidth. not sure. but i did find it interesting.

in Tonys 1000mhz thread he mentioned this once. that he noticed the cpu take off and get better clocks with lower ht and nb. less heat probly in tony's case. but i dont know im just a dumb newb