Spring IDF 2006 Conroe Preview: Intel Regains the Performance Crown
by Anand Lal Shimpi on March 7, 2006 3:58 PM EST- Posted in
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F.E.A.R. Performance
F.E.A.R. gets its own page for a couple of reasons:
1) It's the only gaming benchmark that we're using that doesn't use an Intel provided demo. This is the same demo we use in our tests.
2) The integrated test tool reports Min, Avg and Max results, and three graphs take up more room than one.
We ran with all of the effects settings at Maximum and the graphics settings at Highest defaults. Updated: As we've described in our follow-up article, there was an issue with the original F.E.A.R. results that has since been fixed. The charts below have been updated.
First up - the average frame rate:
If you had any doubts about the results on the previous page, this one should convince you. Even when running a non-Intel created demo, Conroe offers a 20% performance advantage over the 2.8GHz Athlon 64 X2.
The advantage exists in both the minimum and maximum frame rates as well:
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Questar - Tuesday, March 7, 2006 - link
I never said I didn't trust Anand's reviews.YOU said that Intel's have not been verified. I pointed out that neither have Anands.
StriderGT - Tuesday, March 7, 2006 - link
Wake up call from HW land:Intel produces intel procs...
Questar - Tuesday, March 7, 2006 - link
Oh, and by the way, a little google search will show you that the A64 benchmarks are right on.StriderGT - Tuesday, March 7, 2006 - link
I hope u did not look at intel's or apple's sites...JackPack - Tuesday, March 7, 2006 - link
Why would there even be a mention of A64 on those sites?flyingpan - Tuesday, March 7, 2006 - link
I think the additional 32bit alu reserved for 64bit operation of Conroe is used for 32bit power-up, but what results about 64bit?flyingpan - Tuesday, March 7, 2006 - link
I want to see 64bit benchmarks on upcoming MS Windows Vista(64bit)flyingpan - Tuesday, March 7, 2006 - link
And 32bit benchmarks on Vista too....it would be closeJackPack - Tuesday, March 7, 2006 - link
Let go, the straws you're hanging on to are about to break.rayo123 - Tuesday, March 7, 2006 - link
I didn't see anything about fp specs. I don't care about games. My main processor hungry apps use a lot of floating point. I'm sure the new design will help, the question is how much. If it's 10% vs 40% for fp, it's not much use to me, except may be in the overclocking potential.