Quote Originally Posted by accord99 View Post
But this is not a case of AMD being smoother or more consistent, it is a case of AMD being slower and therefore unable to push to the same frame rates when the situations switches to be more CPU limiting. Using your criteria, a Phenom 9400 would be even smoother and consistent than a Phenom 9950 as the Phenom 9400, while reaching roughly the same minimum frame rate when GPU limited, would be unable to hit the same maximum frame rate when CPU limited.



JumpingJack has done some investigation into this matter using his own QX9650, Phenom 9850 and 4870X2 and posted results in this thread:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/...d.php?t=197423

Here are the direct links to some of the results that provide a frame rate plot over time:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/...&postcount=235
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/...&postcount=285
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/...&postcount=364
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/...&postcount=391
those still have nothing to do with smoothness. they are all completely fps based. sure the first one where the fps are above 60 for the intel its going to stay smooth because it is capped at 60 fps because of vsync. in that situation the intel will be smoother purely because of vsync. turn vsync off and it won't be nearly as smooth. plus as the resolution gets higher and the graphics get more intense the amd system has higher fps plus it comes out at a more consistent rate. i think people are failing to realize that fps isn't the only thing that creates smooth gameplay.