Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650
by Marc Prieur
Published on November 7, 2007
Crysis, World In Conflict, Flight Sim X
Here we use the processor test integrated in the game from the latest FPS Crysis whose demo was just released. Gains offered by the quad core are minimal, but the game is indeed multithreaded because the transition from 1 to 2 cores increases the framerate from 40 to 60 fps ! Here, the Penryn doesn’t offer any notable gains.
World In Conflict is a recent real time strategy game with a rather heavy integrated benchmark. Here again the increase from 1 to 2 cores results in a gain of 50%, but it is not very affected by the presence of a 3rd or 4th core. The Penryn is 7% faster than the dual core Conroe and 5% faster in its quad core version.
We finish in Flight Simulator X with the framerate obtained when flying over New York after taking off from JFK in high quality. Despite the use of the recent SP1, this game doesn’t really take advantage of quad core processors. The Penryn however is still 8.7% faster than the Conroe.
