02-20-2009, 01:51 AM
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...and here we go, just upgraded from my p35-ds3+e2160 to ep45-ud3lr+e7400! Finally, lets see how new CPU compare on same settings/GPU(in fact, I didn't even reinstall OS. I booted my Windows server 2008, it founded and reinitialized new hardware without giving a crap! I mean I changed for new motherboard with different chipset!).
Results are..: -first pic [2600mhz] >> wow, nearly 10fps boost!! and near same as authors results with e8400 and nvidia gtx-260 - just about 1-1.5fps lower. So cpu vs cpu DOES matter, at least e2160 vs e7400.
I got nearly same fps on my radeon 3870 as author on his 260gtx+, at least for this particular game and frequency...>
-second pic [3800mhz] >> this was my max stable/safe overclock in moment. Unfortunately, its somehow again lagging behind his e8400 - quite a lot. About 10fps! It still increased from 2600mhz about 15fps! Its nice scaling, but how he could get 72+fps damn it... Part can be in FSB, I was on 400x9.5, he needed 422x9 probably, but still.... doesn't feel that much more. I wonder if author really benched on same setting/location.
By the way I tried sse4.1 as well, actually I got even about 1fps lower, which could be related to something else. In other words, sse4.1 in this game didn't make any difference at all for me.
So my conclusion is: on some frequency(2.6ghz) I matched e8400+nvidia260 with my e7400+radeon3870, on same clock e7400 vs e2160, e7400 gave me BIG gain - whole 10fps, on higher clocks like 3.8ghz+, there seems to be quite big difference between e7400 vs e8400 for some reason. Because on 2.6ghz fps was about same, I don't think its GPU fault. My theory would be that either on higher clocks more L2 cache can actually start to make big difference, or that because my e7400 default FSB is 1066 and e8400 1333, maybe when overclocked lower fsb cpu have it harder to comunicate with NB and need a lot "retransmissions" ,kinda something like bad WiFi crap. Or am just thinking too much today and should actually go sleep, damn it!
...and here we go, just upgraded from my p35-ds3+e2160 to ep45-ud3lr+e7400! Finally, lets see how new CPU compare on same settings/GPU(in fact, I didn't even reinstall OS. I booted my Windows server 2008, it founded and reinitialized new hardware without giving a crap! I mean I changed for new motherboard with different chipset!).
Results are..: -first pic [2600mhz] >> wow, nearly 10fps boost!! and near same as authors results with e8400 and nvidia gtx-260 - just about 1-1.5fps lower. So cpu vs cpu DOES matter, at least e2160 vs e7400.
I got nearly same fps on my radeon 3870 as author on his 260gtx+, at least for this particular game and frequency...>
-second pic [3800mhz] >> this was my max stable/safe overclock in moment. Unfortunately, its somehow again lagging behind his e8400 - quite a lot. About 10fps! It still increased from 2600mhz about 15fps! Its nice scaling, but how he could get 72+fps damn it... Part can be in FSB, I was on 400x9.5, he needed 422x9 probably, but still.... doesn't feel that much more. I wonder if author really benched on same setting/location.
By the way I tried sse4.1 as well, actually I got even about 1fps lower, which could be related to something else. In other words, sse4.1 in this game didn't make any difference at all for me.
So my conclusion is: on some frequency(2.6ghz) I matched e8400+nvidia260 with my e7400+radeon3870, on same clock e7400 vs e2160, e7400 gave me BIG gain - whole 10fps, on higher clocks like 3.8ghz+, there seems to be quite big difference between e7400 vs e8400 for some reason. Because on 2.6ghz fps was about same, I don't think its GPU fault. My theory would be that either on higher clocks more L2 cache can actually start to make big difference, or that because my e7400 default FSB is 1066 and e8400 1333, maybe when overclocked lower fsb cpu have it harder to comunicate with NB and need a lot "retransmissions" ,kinda something like bad WiFi crap. Or am just thinking too much today and should actually go sleep, damn it!