Benchmarks - 3D Games, Continued

By Thomas Soderstrom and Shelton Romhanyi, published on March 24, 2008
Source: Tom's Guide | Keywords: , , | Themes: Desktop Computers

7. Benchmarks - 3D Games, Continued

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Überclok continues showing large graphics power leads over the mid-priced, SLI-equipped Dell, with a 33% average advantage in Serious Sam 2.

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Serious Sam 2 is the second game to surprise us by penalizing the high-end Überclok Reactor by a greater amount than the mid-priced Dell after enabling anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering, as these features narrowed Überclok’s lead to 21%

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Supreme Commander is one of the few games in our benchmark set to put any noticeable stress on either system. The Überclok Reactor leads the mid-priced Dell SLI system by around 39% on average, but it advantage strangely drops to 24% at the highest resolutions.

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With anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering enabled, the Reactor leads the XPS 630 SLI configuration by an impressive 44% average, but its lead drops to 20% at the highest tested resolution.

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Warhammer hands the Überclok Reactor a substantial 47% average lead over the mid-priced Dell.

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rtfm 03/24/2008 10:06 AM
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rtfm
Crysis benchmark is where?
retro77 03/24/2008 11:00 AM
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retro77
Wow...pricey!
Hazzzaa 03/25/2008 3:46 AM
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Hazzzaa
Exactly my thoughts rtfm.
with the exception of Supreme Commander and Warhammer. The games tested are clearly last generation. Why are you still running DX9 games to benchmark a DX10 system? get something there to actually stress the system a little bit.
ciduser 03/25/2008 11:55 AM
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Wow, I bet solitare would have over 200 fps with the Uber. Where are the benchmarks for games that folks actually play?
ap90033 03/25/2008 2:31 AM
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I just want to know what the CPU voltage is, I have the e8400 and have it a 3.6 but would love to go to 4.0 if I knew more on how to set it. I have DDR2 800 ram though (Gskill)
mdrejhon 03/25/2008 3:21 AM
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Two DVD burners would have been better choice than a DVD reader and a DVD burner. You can launch two copies of most writer software (i.e. Nero Essentials that's included with LG drives) and burn two DVD's simultaneously, good for making quick rapid copies of photo albums and home videos for friends at a party. Even worthwhile in the budget $1500 gaming rig. I have two of the same DVD writers and writing to both simultaneously is not a problem for modern dual core systems (less than 5% CPU to burn to two drives at once), and you still have enough CPU headroom left to play HD video simultaneously on a mid-range graphics card.
spekkies2 04/02/2008 1:07 AM
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ap90033, I also have the E8400, DDR2 800 ram and have it at 4.0 stable. My settings:

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FSB - 1779
RAM - 800
CPU core - 1.50v
CPU VVT - 1.35v
Nothbridge - 1.43v
LTD - 3x (Under Advanced Chipset Features)
Memory Timing - Auto

Would like to go higher than 4 but my abit FP-IN9 mobo refuses. The same with everyone else who has this board. Point is, you should get your e8400 up to 4.4 at least with a OC friendly board.
ap90033 04/02/2008 5:00 AM
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isnt that voltage to high? I thought 1.4 was the highest you could go safely?
spekkies2 04/05/2008 9:11 AM
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which voltage do you mean: cpu core or northbridge? some people go even higher:

http://forus.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=139623

Check out those settings. Apparently raising the cpu vvt voltage quite high can help a lot with stability.

extra cooling for the northbridge would be a good idea though.

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