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Conroe @ 1600*1200

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Tests:

AMD Opteron 165 @ 3GHz
2x eVGA 7900 GT SLI @ 700/800 - Forceware 84.66
2x 1GB G.Skill DDR500 3-4-4-8
DFI NF4 Ultra-D A0 Modded to SLI-D
Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
OCZ GameXStream 700w PSU

versus

Intel Core 2 Duo (Conroe) E6600 ES @ 3ghz / Max Clocks TBD
2x eVGA 7900 GT SLI @ 700/800 - Forceware 84.56
2x 1GB G.Skill DDR2-800 4-4-4-12
Intel D975XBX "Bad Axe" Mobo
Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
OCZ GameXStream 700w PSU

Super PI 1M:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 29.156s
Conroe @ 3GHz: 17.015s


Super PI 32M:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 25m 58.625s
Conroe @ 3GHz: 17m 58.781s


AquaMark 3:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 120,655
Conroe @ 3GHz: 162,561


3D Mark 2001:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 37,132
Conroe @ 3GHz: 49,009


3D Mark 2003:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 33,078
Conroe @ 3GHz: 36,339


3D Mark 2005:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 15,711
Conroe @ 3GHz: 17,080


3D Mark 2006:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 10,067
Conroe @ 3GHz: 10,805


FEAR Stress Test:
1024x768, 4xAA 16xAF, all max:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: Min 60 | Avg 142 | Max 370
Conroe @ 3GHz: Min 78 | Avg 162 | Max 485

1600x1200, 4xAA 16xAF, all max:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: Min 25 | Avg 43 | Max 172
Conroe @ 3GHz: Min 53 | Avg 86 | Max 310

Source Stress Test:
1600x1200, 4xAA 16xAF, Everything Maximum
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 134.15fps
Conroe @ 3GHz: 138.41fps

Call of Duty 2: Point DuHoc Assault until over the cliffs
1600x1200, 4xAA 8xAF, Everything Maximum
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: Min 23 | Avg 50.189 | Max 102
Conroe @ 3GHz: Min 22 | Avg 50.961 | Max 98

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
1600x1200, Full HDR, 8xAF, Everything Maximum
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: Min 15 | Avg 83.993 | Max 689
Conroe @ 3GHz: Min 29 | Avg 132.776 | Max 1546

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=185555

What do you reckon? :eek:
 
The most demanding games F.E.A.R and Oblivion at like 100% increase over a opteron at same clock! Sold it for me as I game at those res's.
 
Conroes have been upto 4GHz on air Pi 32M stable (almost certainly not prime stable). The average conroe seems to be around 3.2-3.5 GHz on Air from mediocre overclockers @ 1.45-1.5Volts , but remeber these are early ES chips that people have atm and should not be taken as indicitive of what we can expect from retail chips although certainly its looking pretty tasty.
 
Nothing new here. Its been known that Conroe slaughters everything else for a while now, its just a matter of cpu prices and board availibility when they arrive.

I can see there being a HUGE shortage of cpu's and boards when they are released. Like the 7800 GTX 512MB days.
 
Bennah said:
I can see there being a HUGE shortage of cpu's and boards when they are released. Like the 7800 GTX 512MB days.
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I don't, Intel have been waiting to get back in the saddle, now they've got something incredible, they won't want people to have to wait because of short supplies. I think they'll ship more than enough to the suppliers.
 
Yup, Intel have been dropping hints for months that supply shouldn't be a problem. Remember B0 (production) steppings have been rolling out of the fabs for a good couple months now. They must have stock piles of the things... enough to drive any OCer insane :p
 
Thats what I expected even @ 1600x1200 because F.E.A.R and Oblivion use a lot of physics which need raw cpu power and conroe has plenty of that if you look at the super pi scores.

3ghz should be doable on a 2.4ghz chip and anything higher seems to be getting up to 3.4ghz on air.
 
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