Synthetic Benchmarks
Except for Vantage ran all these at 1024x768 did not seem much point doing at a higher res as the 4850 is the obvious bottleneck. None of the results are remarkable really as expected but at least they are around the same CPU wise as a Quad or Dual Core. I suspect when new bench marking software comes out which is written for multicore then you will see the difference.
Over the weekend I will do some gaming benchmarks on recent titles which supposedly use multicore. So far I have tried Need For Speed Undercover, Left 4 Dead, Assassins Creed & Devil May Cry4. Having problems with Windows LIVE being overloaded so cannot try Lost Planet or Fallout3 at the moment. Lost Planet is one I really want to test as Intel say its 40% faster than the fastest Quad Core on their test bed!
The HSF Intel supply is very good and could well put companies like Zalman & Thermalright out of business as its totally silent, looks good weights very little and the temps so far do not exceed 60C on any core even after a heavy load (this is with the stock Intel TIM as well).
Dolby Theatre onboard this Gigabyte mobo is also amazing and makes games sound a lot better with deep bass and very clear sound. How Gigabyte can sell it for only £225 is beyond me as it looks great thanks to all the LED's and has a lot of features I am only begining to discover now.
Except for Vantage ran all these at 1024x768 did not seem much point doing at a higher res as the 4850 is the obvious bottleneck. None of the results are remarkable really as expected but at least they are around the same CPU wise as a Quad or Dual Core. I suspect when new bench marking software comes out which is written for multicore then you will see the difference.
Over the weekend I will do some gaming benchmarks on recent titles which supposedly use multicore. So far I have tried Need For Speed Undercover, Left 4 Dead, Assassins Creed & Devil May Cry4. Having problems with Windows LIVE being overloaded so cannot try Lost Planet or Fallout3 at the moment. Lost Planet is one I really want to test as Intel say its 40% faster than the fastest Quad Core on their test bed!
The HSF Intel supply is very good and could well put companies like Zalman & Thermalright out of business as its totally silent, looks good weights very little and the temps so far do not exceed 60C on any core even after a heavy load (this is with the stock Intel TIM as well).
Dolby Theatre onboard this Gigabyte mobo is also amazing and makes games sound a lot better with deep bass and very clear sound. How Gigabyte can sell it for only £225 is beyond me as it looks great thanks to all the LED's and has a lot of features I am only begining to discover now.
as even when oced to 3.75Ghz the temps hardly changed