ATI HD 5870 Scaling Performance: X58 vs P55 Showdown
by Gary Key on September 29, 2009 12:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Resident Evil 5
We utilize FRAPs to track minimum and average frame rates using the Fixed benchmark in Resident Evil 5. The median test score out of five benchmark sessions is used for the reported results.
Once again, our single card results at x8 are trailing the x16 results, even when overclocked. Minimum frame rates are about 3% better on the X58 platform at both stock and overclocked settings than the P55. The P55 holds a slight advantage when overclocked in average frame rates and trails by 1% at stock speeds.
Resident Evil 5 CrossFire Scaling – Average Frame Rates
| ATI HD 5870 CF Scaling | Resident Evil 5 | Resident Evil 5 4.2GHz |
| Intel Core i7 920 (X58) | 16.4% | 49.3% |
| Intel Core i7 860 (P55) | 17.5% | 47.1% |
At stock speeds, the P55 has a 1% scaling advantage over the X58 but trails over 2% when overclocked.
Resident Evil 5 CrossFire Scaling – Minimum Frame Rates
| ATI HD 5870 CF Scaling | Resident Evil 5 | Resident Evil 5 4.2GHz |
| Intel Core i7 920 (X58) | 20.9% | 67.8% |
| Intel Core i7 860 (P55) | 26.2% | 65.5% |
Minimum frame rates favor the P55 in our stock clock speed results by about 5%, but trail the X58 around 2% when overclocked.
Company of Heroes - Tales of Valor
We utilize FRAPs once again to track a custom demo in one of our favorite RTS titles.
The single card results at x8 is trailing the x16 results by 3% at stock and 1% when overclocked. Minimum frame rates are less than 1% better on the X58 platform at both stock and overclocked settings than the P55 while average frame rates are up to 2% better.
CoH: Tales of Valor CrossFire Scaling – Average Frame Rates
| ATI HD 5870 CF Scaling | CoH: Tales of Valor | CoH: Tales of Valor 4.2GHz |
| Intel Core i7 920 (X58) | 28.1% | 41.8% |
| Intel Core i7 860 (P55) | 21.1% | 44.9% |
At stock speeds, the X58 has a 7% scaling advantage over the P55 but trails almost 3% when overclocked.
CoH: Tales of Valor CrossFire Scaling – Minimum Frame Rates
| ATI HD 5870 CF Scaling | CoH: Tales of Valor | CoH: Tales of Valor 4.2GHz |
| Intel Core i7 920 (X58) | 19.5% | 59.7% |
| Intel Core i7 860 (P55) | 14.8% | 55.3% |
Minimum frame rates favor the X58 in our stock clock speed results by about 5% and right over 2% when overclocked. We did not note any differences in actual game play.
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yacoub - Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - link
well considering Intel's offering no other quad-core 45nm or 32nm solution for the gamer-enthusiast who isn't interested in spending hundreds of dollars more, Lynnfield is the only option available for the foreseeable future from Intel.AMD has a chance to take back some marketshare IF they can come up with a low-TDP, high-performing, quad-core CPU at the right price. Do they have something like that coming out?
the zorro - Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - link
Amd's dragon platform is the only way for directx 11lynnfield is crippled and expensive.
this means phenom 2.
iamezza - Friday, October 2, 2009 - link
You are crippled .. in the brain!MadMan007 - Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - link
Would you PLEASE just go DIAF with your crippled lynnfield bs?trabpukcip - Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - link
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Where are the results for the 2900HD?ValiumMm - Monday, January 18, 2010 - link
"What about the 2900HD"lol
GokieKS - Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - link
Because the Radeon HD2900 is obviously as relevant a card in the current marketplace as the HD5850.