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

[savantu]

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So here the native quad advantage shows up -- from single thread to 4 threads, the scaling factor of the phenom scales with respect to the single threaded performance better.

Jack

Scaling doesn't matter.

This is a must read :

http://www.realworldtech.com/forums/...79593&roomid=2
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http://www.realworldtech.com/forums/...79593&roomid=2

and the masterpiece :
http://www.realworldtech.com/forums/...79593&roomid=2

Don't know if you've came across this thread ; but it's worth reading .