Intel Q9450 vs Phenom 9850 - ATI HD3870 X2

[JumpingJack]

Well it isn’t.
There are some links in this thread showing that AMD performs better on high resolutions.

Single threaded games you may be right, core 2 is designed for that

This is because of the configuration -- it throttles at the GPU .... you just can't get that and even observing the data, watching faster GPUs relieve that bottle neck and go to higher FPS doesn't convince you. This is just weird.

It's ok Gosh -- nobody believes you, this is why you get the gruff you get. You're really a nice guy overall. Bottom line, it does not matter -- if running at high resolution -- who is better. Even if the GPU is the limiter and AMD scores 4 FPS higher by some forum random postings, the game play will be the same on either.

Unfortunately, if you bought a Phenom with this misconception on a 8800GTX card, thinking you would be able to exploit the latest round of cards ... you have wasted your money on a GPU upgrade, the Phenom will just not feed it fast enough (not because of lack of BW, but because it takes the Phenom longer to complete the computational cycle).

The X2's came today, I should have some data by tonight....