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Supreme [H]ardness
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Systems Used:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 3.2GHZ
XFX ATi Radeon HD 5870
Abit IP35-E
XF-I Titanium Pro PCI-Express
Corsair 520HX
8GB DDR2-800
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
Antec 900 Case
Windows 7 Pro 64
Catalyst 9.11
Intel Core i5 750
Corsair H50 CPU Heatsink
XFX ATi Radeon HD 5870
Asus P7P55D Pro
XF-I Titanium Pro PCI-Express
Corsair 520HX
Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24
2x Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
Antec 900 Case
Windows 7 Pro 64
Catalyst 9.11
Core 2 Duo 3.2Ghz, 8xAA 16xAF Max in game settings 1920x1080:
Average Framerate: 31.08
Max. Framerate: 51.85
Min. Framerate: 20.98
Core i5 2.67GHz 8xAA 16xAF 1920x1080:
As you can see even with the Core 2 Duo clocked 600MHz higher than the i5, the i5 setup is 40% faster in regards to minimum frame rates, 42% faster in average frame rate, and a whopping 51% faster in maximum frame rates. Lets have some fun with the i5 setup...
Core i5 4GHz NO AA 16xAF 1920x1080
At this setting the i5 is 71% faster in minimum frame rate, 40% faster in average frame rate and 67% faster in maximum frame rate.
Core i5 4Ghz 8xAA 16xAF 1920x1080:
At this setting the i5 is 40% faster in minimum frame rate, 43% faster in average frame rate and 54% faster in maximum frame rate.
Core 2 Duo 2.6GHz: 4xAA 16AF: - NOTE: 5870 WAS AT 950 1250 FOR THE CORE 2 DUO
Core i5 2.6GHz 4xAA 16xAF
Clearly this benchmark is totally GPU dependent.
Core 2 Duo 3.2GHz 8xAA 16xAF Max in game settings 1920x1080
Core i5 2.6GHz 8xAA 16xAF Max in game settings 1920x1080
Here we see an increase of 21% in average frame rate, 13% increase in maximum frame rate, and finally a 34% increase in minimum frame rate. Despite the Core 2 Duo's 18.75% clock speed advantage.
Core i5 4.0GHz 8xAA 16xAF Max in game settings 1920x1080
Core i5 4.0Ghz NO AA 16xAF Max in game settings 1920x1080
I tried increasing the clock speed of the cpu to 4ghz and even no AA, it made no difference to the frame rate.
Core 2 Duo 3.2Ghz 4xSSAA 16xAF Max in game settings DX9
Core i5 4GHz 4xSSAA 16xAF Max in game settings DX9
Only reason I ran 4xSSAA in this benchmark was it was the only benchmark I had of my core2duo system. Still we see an average of 10fps increase but the real advantage here for the i5 over the core 2 is constant high frame rates.
Random Benchmark:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 3.2GHZ
XFX ATi Radeon HD 5870
Abit IP35-E
XF-I Titanium Pro PCI-Express
Corsair 520HX
8GB DDR2-800
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
Antec 900 Case
Windows 7 Pro 64
Catalyst 9.11
Intel Core i5 750
Corsair H50 CPU Heatsink
XFX ATi Radeon HD 5870
Asus P7P55D Pro
XF-I Titanium Pro PCI-Express
Corsair 520HX
Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24
2x Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
Antec 900 Case
Windows 7 Pro 64
Catalyst 9.11
Far Cry 2
Core 2 Duo 3.2Ghz, 8xAA 16xAF Max in game settings 1920x1080:
![core2.jpg](http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g222/dwausa/core2.jpg)
Average Framerate: 31.08
Max. Framerate: 51.85
Min. Framerate: 20.98
Core i5 2.67GHz 8xAA 16xAF 1920x1080:
![fc2.jpg](http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/43/fc2.jpg)
As you can see even with the Core 2 Duo clocked 600MHz higher than the i5, the i5 setup is 40% faster in regards to minimum frame rates, 42% faster in average frame rate, and a whopping 51% faster in maximum frame rates. Lets have some fun with the i5 setup...
Core i5 4GHz NO AA 16xAF 1920x1080
![fc2.jpg](http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/43/fc2.jpg)
At this setting the i5 is 71% faster in minimum frame rate, 40% faster in average frame rate and 67% faster in maximum frame rate.
Core i5 4Ghz 8xAA 16xAF 1920x1080:
![fc2p.jpg](http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5739/fc2p.jpg)
At this setting the i5 is 40% faster in minimum frame rate, 43% faster in average frame rate and 54% faster in maximum frame rate.
Heaven Benchmark DX11
Core 2 Duo 2.6GHz: 4xAA 16AF: - NOTE: 5870 WAS AT 950 1250 FOR THE CORE 2 DUO
![d3d11tesselation-1.png](http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g222/dwausa/d3d11tesselation-1.png)
Core i5 2.6GHz 4xAA 16xAF
![heaven.jpg](http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/6107/heaven.jpg)
Clearly this benchmark is totally GPU dependent.
Company of Heroes DirectX 10
Core 2 Duo 3.2GHz 8xAA 16xAF Max in game settings 1920x1080
![companyofheroescore2.jpg](http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g222/dwausa/companyofheroescore2.jpg)
Core i5 2.6GHz 8xAA 16xAF Max in game settings 1920x1080
![coh.jpg](http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8360/coh.jpg)
Here we see an increase of 21% in average frame rate, 13% increase in maximum frame rate, and finally a 34% increase in minimum frame rate. Despite the Core 2 Duo's 18.75% clock speed advantage.
Core i5 4.0GHz 8xAA 16xAF Max in game settings 1920x1080
![coh4.jpg](http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/4584/coh4.jpg)
Core i5 4.0Ghz NO AA 16xAF Max in game settings 1920x1080
![cohnoaa.jpg](http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8701/cohnoaa.jpg)
I tried increasing the clock speed of the cpu to 4ghz and even no AA, it made no difference to the frame rate.
Resident Evil 5 DX9
Core 2 Duo 3.2Ghz 4xSSAA 16xAF Max in game settings DX9
![re5ssaa.jpg](http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8247/re5ssaa.jpg)
Core i5 4GHz 4xSSAA 16xAF Max in game settings DX9
![re5i.jpg](http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/260/re5i.jpg)
Only reason I ran 4xSSAA in this benchmark was it was the only benchmark I had of my core2duo system. Still we see an average of 10fps increase but the real advantage here for the i5 over the core 2 is constant high frame rates.
Random Benchmark:
![sf4.jpg](http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2830/sf4.jpg)
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