Quote Originally Posted by flippin_waffles View Post
The first problem is that they are using an i7 920. Many reviews show the Phenom II to be the better chip for gaming.
Err...
Fact is, i7 is generally faster but Phenom II is able to match i7 in some titles or even barely beat it when real world gaming settings are used. So no, i7 is just fine for benchmarking GPUs. And in this case it totally doesn't matter as same CPU was used for each run.