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Core 2 Duo E8400 Vs Core 2 Quad Q6600

@ ShinOBIWAN , calling me a lair basically ?. (I simply think your stirring trouble).

Since you once again have got thread off topic I will give what you asked for since you have no contact info to send you it privately.

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" Shack: What is the main limiter for Crysis in terms of GPU, CPU, or RAM? If users are near the low end of the requirements, which should they upgrade first?

Cevat Yerli: We would say first CPU, then GPU, then memory. But it must be in balance. If you are balanced, we are more CPU boundthen GPU, but at the same time at higher CPU configurations we scale very well for GPUs. "


http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=639
 
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have you taken a look at the Crysis benchmark thread? It clearly shows that CPU clock impacts performance 2nd to the GPU setup (and marginally at that)
 
I have never denied what the game actually does, simply what it was sold to do and quoting facts that were said when others accuse me of lies.

The game uses 1 of my Cores at about 40% MAX so thats why I get 30-35FPS.
 
here we are, same source:

"In mid November you will see the new NVidia cards. They are a blast for Crysis and really, really very good deals. "

so in essence...Cervat talks out of his arse
 
helmutcheese said:
@ ShinOBIWAN , calling me a lair basically ?. (I simply think your stirring trouble).

Since you once again have got thread off topic I will give what you asked for since you have no contact info to send you it privately.

Quoted :

" Shack: What is the main limiter for Crysis in terms of GPU, CPU, or RAM? If users are near the low end of the requirements, which should they upgrade first?

Cevat Yerli: We would say first CPU, then GPU, then memory. But it must be in balance. If you are balanced, we are more CPU boundthen GPU, but at the same time at higher CPU configurations we scale very well for GPUs. "


http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=639
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At the low end of requrements and most likely using a monitor with a lower res. You always believe what people say on the internet dont you? Never tested anything for yourself?

1024x768 the CPU USAGE is higher than at 1680x1050 this shows that its GPU limited because the higher the res the more pixels which increase GPU load and the need for more GPU computing power.

helmutcheese said:
I have never denied what the game actually does, simply what it was sold to do and quoting facts that were said when others accuse me of lies.

The game uses 1 of my Cores at about 40% MAX so thats why I get 30-35FPS.
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40% max and what res is this? That just shows its even more GPU limited sounds like you are using a res higher than 1680x1050.
 
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Correct and thats all I have ever tried to say, the same for the 1280's MAX settings on a 8800GTS (unsure if he meant 320 or 640 back then).

Even the patch promised in 10-14days was month or more late and does next to nothing from what I read.
 
Gee I think I'll start playing all my games at youtube res :eek:, need an 8 core nahalem for that never mind penryn :D.
 
answer a question with another question...nice

well i have a question. when are AMD gonna make a decent cpu to rival Intel and why cant GPUs have 2 cores like CPUs?

and further more i wonder if v cheap Asrock boards are any good for overclocking because i might get myself a new computer frame eg mobo, cpu + memory

ho hum
 
The Phenom was supposed to rival Intel but it flopped. And about dual core GPU's, look at the 3870X2, 2 cores on one PCB near enough a dual core job, well sort of :P.

Cheap mobo's are usually bad for overclocking.

ShinOBIWAN said:
Yep if you want to see big fps gains for Crysis then get yourself a quicker CPU. The graphics cards we have right now are fine but the CPU's suck for Crysis.
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Only at low res, look at crysis benchmark, dual cores above quad cores it shows the game is GPU limited the CPU's aint having to work fully, getting a new CPU wont solve it its a new GPU we want.
 
Ok can someone please explain why there are no benchmarks for the e8400 v q6600 - i know there different types to each other, but i'd like to see how they are head to head.
 
Just some settings I've been benching with crysis:

E4300 @ 1.2Ghz / 4Gb DDR2 800 / 8800GT 700-1750-1870:

High details: 19.86
Low details: 38.05

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E4300 @ 3.15Ghz / 4Gb DDR2 1050 / 8800GT 700-1750-1870:

High details: 31.6
Low details: 101.95

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Nearly 2Ghz drop in CPU speed only reduced framerate by just over 10fps at high settings while at low settings framerate dropped by over 60fps, now that seems to me the game is limited a lot more by GPU than by CPU don't you think?
 
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