“Four processors; Intel Core i7 920, Intel Core 2 QX9650, AMD Phenom II X4 810, & AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE. Seven games. REAL WORLD GAMEPLAY at stock clocks and all overclocked to 3.6GHz, head to head, & apples to apples.”Here are some more Processor articles from around the web:
- Intel’s Atom Processor Compared to 68 CPUs in Bench @ AnandTech
- Real- world virtualization benchmarking: the best server CPUs compared @ AnandTech
- Quick Lab Report: AMD Phenom II X2 550 and Athlon II X2 250 @ X-bit Labs
- Inexpensive Dual-Core: AMD Athlon X2 vs. Intel Pentium @ X-bit Labs
- AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition @ hardCOREware
- Phenom II Processors and DDR3 Memory @ iXBT
- Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz 1333MHz FSB Processor @ PC Stats
Return on investment
The easy way to upgrade a system is to throw as much money as you can manage into the system in the hopes of overcoming bottlenecks. This is not the most efficient way, but if all you are a power at any cost type of enthusiast it can certainly work. Others are more concerned about performance per dollar, and that is when scaling reviews like this one at [H]ard|OCP come in very handy. They’ve taken a Core i7 920, a QX9650, and AMD’s Phenom II X4 810 & and X3 720 BE, overclocked them all to 3.6GHz and set them against 7 popular games. See how they perform in the games and how they compare price wise in the full review.
