F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

Notes

For our gaming tests, we’re running a mixture of high and low-res testing. We realize that most of you don’t game at 800x600, which is the ideal res to test CPUs, so we also include results at 1600x1200 with 4xAA/8xAF, which are graphics settings more typical of someone with a GeForce 8800 GTX card. Also keep in mind that as we stated at the outset, most games don’t take advantage of dual-core processing, much less quad-core, so for the most part, the additional processing cores found in Intel’s latest processors sit around idling during single-tasked gaming sessions. That’s why towards the end we’ve included multi-tasked gaming benchmarks.

In the low resolution tests that stress CPU performance, the Core 2 Extreme X6800 comes out on top, with the Core 2 QX6700 trailing by 3% and the Q6600 by 12%. Again, it performs just like a regular Core 2 Duo E6600.

As you increase screen resolution, the bottleneck shifts to the graphics card and by 1600x1200 we’re GPU-bound and all the systems deliver similar performance.