Quote Originally Posted by Zucker2k View Post
But you don't know IF TURBO MODE was turned OFF for this shootout (for a clearer comparison). Usually, if these performace enhancers are turned on, there is usually a disclaimer. Even if it wasn't, it is a known fact that Nehalem generally offers NO improvements over C2Q in gaming.

Well, accrding to you, the benchmarks are GPU limited, so I guess:


CPU Effect = 0

Therefore:

PII 920 = Q9550 = PII 940 = Ci7 940

In case it's hard for you to understand, my argument is that that measly 6% you talk of, is enough to make up for the marginal difference (yes marginal difference) between Q9550 and PII 940. Mind you, not LINEARLY, if it was, it'll beat it by a relatively bigger margin.


This one needs quoting:

What you're saying will be true if the margins were bigger than is represented. Don't try throw dust into this; I'm looking at fractions of fps difference with compared to a relatively healthy 6%. I think it's enough to make up for those fractions, regardless of uarch, don't you? About uarch improvements to PII 2, my point was if that is the case, why isn't PII fairing any better in certain games than PI?

Finally, let's appeal to logic here:

IN ALL the AMD SLIDES WITH SEEN SO FAR, the Q9650 has not been featured. WHY? Its STOCK CLOCK IS 3GHZ TOO? WHY IN YOUR OPINION, INFORMAL, HASN'T ANYONE TESTED DENEB ALONGSIDE Q9650? YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE.
First of all,we have obscure slides with no configurations at all.Turbo is out of the box feature and is always on.It is just as SMT ,a built in feature.

Second,your premise is false.CPU effect is not = 0.Therefore your conclusion is invalid.CPU effect is not as important in 16x10 as it is in 800x600(in which btw no1 games).In low res. you could probably see some differences that come from game engine optimizations(compilers,datasets used etc.).

In which games PhII doesn't fare any better than Phenom I?In the GPU limited ones where all CPUs have closely grouped scores?

As for the last question about slides and pricing,did it occur to you Q9650 is not priced the same as PhII 940?? AMD done-if the slide is from AMD in the first place- the price per. comparison by comparing systems that will cost similarly.PhII 940 will not cost the same as Q9650 and is logical not to compare it with that model. Have you heard of Radeon 4850/70 card? You know that 4870 model is at 80-85% the perf. of GT200(GTX280),somewhere even higher ,while costing A LOT less. That's called great value.