Best CPU for a Single ATI Radeon HD 5870 and ATI Radeon HD 5870 CrossFireX Configurat

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not where it matters, look at the 1920x1200 Full IQ tests (where owners of 5870's will be playing).

5870, 1920x1200 Full IQ settings(the very bottom graphs), 4.1 GHz, Top c2d, Bottom Ph II x4

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C2D=2 wins 2 losses, rest draws
Ph II x4=2 wins 2 losses, rest draws.

5870 CFX, 1920x1200 Full IQ settings, 4.1GHz,

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C2D=3 wins,7 losses, rest draws.
Ph II x4=7 wins, 3 losses, rest draws.

I don't know how you managed to come up with that. Even a skim through is enough to see Ph II wins. Well, it's quadcore vs dualcore after all.

Draws are when the fps difference is only 1 fps. 2 fps isn't a draw. The GPU seems to be the bottleneck more frequently on PhII than C2D though.

Why didn't they use C2Q anyway? Why didn't they test Phenom II about the jerkiness test either? Anandtech reported "smoothness" on Core i7 and Phenom II compared to C2Q and C2D ages ago.

*Takes cover behind flameshield*

Techpowerup reviews tested PCI-e bandwidth with a single card setup, not a crossfire setup. That's why we have CFX dongles, because the bandwidth required for inter-card communication on PCI-e is simply not enough. Legionhardware tested 4870x2 CFX before on 8x 8x setup and it shows performance drop.

I conclude the review is fail (overall. It's good on some matters).