Here are my two setups:
Old:
AMD Athlon II x4 (propus) 2.6GHz
MSI NF-750-G55 SLI motherboard
8GB Gskill DDR3 1600MHz RAM
Two EVGA GTX 560 Ti's in SLI
600W Corsair PSU
two SATA 7200rpm hard drives
3 Acer 1920x1080 monitors in Surround
New:
Intel Core i7-940 (bloomfield 1366) 2.9GHz
ASRock x58 Extreme
12GB Gskill DDR3 1600MHz RAM
Two EVGA GTX 560 Ti's in SLI
600W Corsair PSU
two SATA 7200rpm hard drives
3 Acer 1920x1080 monitors in Surround
Benchmarks
GAME: OLD: NEW: SETTINGS:
BF3 40fps 5fps (Ultra)
Black Ops 60fps 50fps (Max)
Crysis 18fps 60fps (Medium/High) (No Surround)
Why have my benchmarks decreased except for Cyrsis, and why can't I max out Crysis? my my freind the old own of the MSI board maxed it out with two 460's, and as far as I know the i7 is better the Athlon, so by all accounts (my knowledge of this (never as much as i think i have)) I should be able to Max out all 3 games in surround and have them AT LEAST playable. Or has my knowledge failed me.
Sorry, I started ranting a little didn't I? (I'm a little frustrated)
If anyone has any input, go right ahead.
Scooper
Old:
AMD Athlon II x4 (propus) 2.6GHz
MSI NF-750-G55 SLI motherboard
8GB Gskill DDR3 1600MHz RAM
Two EVGA GTX 560 Ti's in SLI
600W Corsair PSU
two SATA 7200rpm hard drives
3 Acer 1920x1080 monitors in Surround
New:
Intel Core i7-940 (bloomfield 1366) 2.9GHz
ASRock x58 Extreme
12GB Gskill DDR3 1600MHz RAM
Two EVGA GTX 560 Ti's in SLI
600W Corsair PSU
two SATA 7200rpm hard drives
3 Acer 1920x1080 monitors in Surround
Benchmarks
GAME: OLD: NEW: SETTINGS:
BF3 40fps 5fps (Ultra)
Black Ops 60fps 50fps (Max)
Crysis 18fps 60fps (Medium/High) (No Surround)
Why have my benchmarks decreased except for Cyrsis, and why can't I max out Crysis? my my freind the old own of the MSI board maxed it out with two 460's, and as far as I know the i7 is better the Athlon, so by all accounts (my knowledge of this (never as much as i think i have)) I should be able to Max out all 3 games in surround and have them AT LEAST playable. Or has my knowledge failed me.
Sorry, I started ranting a little didn't I? (I'm a little frustrated)
If anyone has any input, go right ahead.
Scooper