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Interesting CPU scaling benchmarks

The faster test-system proved that performance wise things will shift in advantage for the x800 XT series over the Ultra. It's really a tie though, both cards are just so close to each other. But when we look purely at performance rankings in the highest resolution this would be the end-result : on the 4th place the x800 pro, 3rd place the 6800 GT, 2nd place the GeForce 6800 Ultra and at the first place the x800 XT, although a shared first place would probably be better wording. Remember I'm only talking about 1600x1200x32 here.

On a somewhat slower system (I refuse to call a 1 gig, 2.8 Ghz system mid-end) the results however are way closer to each other and definitely in favor of the GeForce 6800 series. The x800 XT is hungry for a faster processor that's for sure.

If you are to buy a new system or graphics card then bare in mind that you really need to match everything to get the best bang for your bucks.

Right now I look at it this way, up-to a 3000 MHz you simply are better suited with a Radeon x800 Pro or GeForce 6800 GT. If you have a faster than 3 GHz (3000+) system and want the best of the best, then and only then I can recommend you the GeForce 6800 Ultra or the Radeon x800 XT. That system would be ridiculously expensive though and you need to consider whether that's worth all that hard earned dough.
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The review seemed to be more then accurate compared to the other reviews i've seen using the latest drivers. I'm glad to see some more scaling reviews come out because it really helps to show how the CPU speed plays a role in the GPU performance.
 
I think I made the right choice going A64 when reading this to match my upcoming 6800 ULTRA or X800XT PE :)
 
oqvist said:
I think I made the right choice going A64 when reading this to match my upcoming 6800 ULTRA or X800XT PE :)
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It depends on what resolution you run your games at. If you run them at 1600x1200 you wont notice the difference if you've got an A64 3400+ installed or a 3.0c Northwood unless the game is heavily CPU dependent like Morrowind.
 
Yes in several games like most flight sims really. And every fps counts when trying to make games playable at 1600x1200x32 with lots of aa and aniso.

And from what I hear with the upcoming Far Cry patch that game with all goodies will be hardly playable on anything above max 1280x960 it looks like on the 6800 ULTRA if I go that route. And since just about everything can be done on the X800:s too that may very well be the case for those too with HDR enabled and displacement mappings and all.

Then it´s still the question though if a faster CPU helps but in any games that don´t really fly at highest resolution a faster CPU always helps more or less.
 
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