AMD Athlon FX-60 vs. X2 3800+ - Game Performance Compared

jmke · 10th April 2006, 20:10

Today we are going to compare the FX-60 and X2 3800+ against each other. We know now that the FX-60 is going to be the faster processor but what we want to have a look at how much extra performance we get, from such an expensive processor. We are going to be purely looking at graphics card performance and why you might ask? The answer to that is easy, because 90% of the time when we test a high-end card, the complaints attack these articles as to why we are using a $300 processor on a $1200 graphics card setup

jmke · 10th April 2006, 20:10

without reading the article I'm guessing the CPU inpact is very little to overall game performance

Quote:

We knew from the word go that the AMD Athlon FX-60 was going to be the faster processor but so it should be at $700 more. The FX-60 is a great gaming processor but the chances are you already know this. What we wanted to look at was how the FX-60 compared against our test bench CPU. At most we see performance increases of 25% with a performance increase of 10% to 15% being more common.

do note that they're using very high end graphics cards; if you use anything less extreme the impact will be <10%

Sidney · 10th April 2006, 20:29

<19" monitor, no need for high end CPU or GPU
>30" monitor get the best of both, right?

jmke · 10th April 2006, 20:39

for 30" you need super duper resolutions, 1600x1200 doesn't quite cut it, when you go higher you will be severly GPU limited

10th April 2006, 20:10	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	AMD Athlon FX-60 vs. X2 3800+ - Game Performance Compared Today we are going to compare the FX-60 and X2 3800+ against each other. We know now that the FX-60 is going to be the faster processor but what we want to have a look at how much extra performance we get, from such an expensive processor. We are going to be purely looking at graphics card performance and why you might ask? The answer to that is easy, because 90% of the time when we test a high-end card, the complaints attack these articles as to why we are using a $300 processor on a $1200 graphics card setup __________________

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Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	<19" monitor, no need for high end CPU or GPU >30" monitor get the best of both, right? __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

10th April 2006, 20:39	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	for 30" you need super duper resolutions, 1600x1200 doesn't quite cut it, when you go higher you will be severly GPU limited __________________

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