quote from the X-bit labs tester....
"As you know, it is the graphics subsystem that determines the performance of the entire platform equipped with pretty high-speed processors in the majority of contemporary games. Therefore, we do our best to make sure that the graphics card is not loaded too heavily during the test session: we select the most CPU-dependent tests and all tests are performed without antialiasing and in far not the highest screen resolutions. In other words, obtained results allow us to analyze not that much the fps rate that can be achieved in systems equipped with contemporary graphics accelerators, but rather how well contemporary processors can cope with gaming workload. Therefore, the results help us determine how the tested CPUs will behave in the nearest future, when new faster graphics card generations will be widely available."
Above is a direct quote from the X-bit test. Looks like the games in the test were hardly maxed out.
"Therefore, the results help us determine how the tested CPUs will behave in the nearest future, when new faster graphics card generations will be widely available."
With multi-core future and APU's just around the corner and console ports....ummmm!! I think the tester is streching things a bit. Anyway most of us don't hang onto our systems more than about 18 months....do we? By that time those benches will be meaningless.
AMD's strategy is CPU + GPU evolving into APU so they really should be sticking to realistic gamer expectations and not lower teir level performance where both CPU's will be more than capable anyway.
Anyway, for what it's worth, that's my thoughts...
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