Stalker COP Benchmark Last Change: 15/May/2013, 1842 hrs. Whoami: Ian Mapleson http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/sgi.html http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/sgidepot/ Here I present collated results for a range of different systems for the Stalker COP benchmark, with the assistance of my friend John who's contributed further P55/X58/Z68-based results using some GPUs I don't have (eg. 4890). See after the tables for extended system details. Key (all GPU clocks are given as 'Core/Shader/RAM'; a single number refers to just the core clock): Qu/FX = Quadro FX card 8800GT/G = Gigbyte 8800GT 512MB Zalman (Turboforce Edition), stock @ 700/1700/1900. oc'd to 775/1850/1900 on my i7 860. 8800GT/A = ASUS 8800GT 512MB Glaciator, stock @ 602/1512/1800, oc'd to 685/1725/1900 on my i7s, oc'd to 650/1608/1900 on the Athlon64 X2 6000+ 3.225GHz PC (ASUS M2N32 WS Pro, 4GB DDR2/800 RAM). 8800GT/P = John's Palit Xpert Vision 8800GT, running at 600/1500/900. 5850 = Sapphire 5850 Xtreme 1GB, default 725/1000 core/RAM, oc'd to 900/1200 RAM using Trixx 4.6.0 (1.1V). GTX 460 = Original 460 with a 256bit memory interface. GTX 460 V2 = Later 460 with a 192bit memory interface (ironically, these overclock much better). Win7/U/32 = Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit Win7/U/64 = Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Win7/P/64 = Windows 7 Professional 64bit XP Pro/32 = Windows XP Professional 32bit Results are shown in order of AVG performance. ******************************************************************************** TESTING at 1280x1024, default settings (Medium, Enhanced Full Dynamic Lighting): ------ DAY TEST ----- Tester CPU MHz GFX CF/SLI? MIN AVG MAX OS Ian i7 870 4270 2x GTX460/850 YES 123.0 241.9 431.4 Win7/U/64 John i7 930 4136 2x GTX460/800 YES 97.8 231.5 392.5 Win7/U/64 John i7 2700K 4918 2x GTX460 V2/867 YES 110.8 220.0 356.7 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4, 16GB RAM @ DDR3/1333] Ian i7 870 4270 GTX460/850 NO 93.2 173.5 262.3 Win7/U/64 John i7 930 4136 2x 4890 YES 44.2 172.3 240.9 Win7/U/64 Ian i7 860 4018 2x 8800GT/A/685 YES 90.9 171.6 236.4 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/685 YES 105.5 171.0 243.0 Win7/U/32 Ian i7 860 4018 2x 8800GT/G/775 YES 93.9 169.3 231.7 XP Pro/32 John i7 930 4136 GTX460/800 NO 99.4 163.0 244.6 Win7/U/64 Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/600 YES 88.0 156.9 222.3 Win7/U/32 Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/725 YES 80.9 142.0 282.7 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/900 NO 76.1 140.2 237.5 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/725 NO 79.1 137.8 208.9 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/850 YES 73.9 136.3 245.8 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian 6000+ 3446 GTX460/850 NO 64.0 119.6 193.9 Win7/U/64 [ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe] John i7 2700K 4918 GTX 550Ti 1GB NO 62.0 118.4 169.7 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4, 16GB RAM @ DDR3/1333] Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/900 NO 65.0 116.6 221.6 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/725 NO 65.0 116.4 200.2 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 2x 5850/725 YES 61.3 110.6 196.2 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian i7 860 4018 8800GT/A/685 NO 65.7 101.5 135.6 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 860 4018 8800GT/G/775 NO 69.1 100.9 136.5 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/685 NO 69.3 99.8 133.9 Win7/U/32 Ian 6000+ 3230 2x 8800GT/A/650 YES 49.5 93.1 175.2 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/600 NO 67.9 89.6 120.5 Win7/U/32 John Q6600 2630 2x 8800GT YES 30.6 89.5 177.5 Win7/U/64 Ian Opteron 2600 GTX460/850 NO 41.8 74.6 129.1 XP Pro/64 [SUN Ultra 40 M2, 2X dual-core Opteron 2218] ----- NIGHT TEST ---- Tester CPU MHz GFX CF/SLI? MIN AVG MAX OS Ian i7 870 4270 2x GTX460/850 YES 116.9 274.2 554.2 Win7/U/64 John i7 930 4136 2x GTX460/800 YES 111.0 255.0 556.5 Win7/U/64 John i7 2700K 4918 2x GTX460 V2/867 YES 129.9 237.1 435.8 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4, 16GB RAM @ DDR3/1333] Ian i7 870 4270 GTX460/850 NO 117.3 203.1 309.4 Win7/U/64 Ian i7 860 4018 2x 8800GT/G/775 YES 112.2 200.3 325.4 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 860 4018 2x 8800GT/A/685 YES 108.2 200.3 320.9 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/685 YES 98.8 188.2 318.6 Win7/U/32 John i7 930 4136 GTX460/800 NO 115.6 185.7 286.0 Win7/U/64 Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/600 YES 100.7 174.3 289.7 Win7/U/32 John i7 930 4136 2x 4890 YES 94.8 169.2 270.7 Win7/U/64 Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/900 NO 72.6 158.9 312.0 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/725 NO 71.9 153.8 293.4 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/725 YES 76.1 151.3 338.0 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/850 YES 75.5 150.5 307.4 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian 6000+ 3446 GTX460/850 NO 68.5 139.3 247.3 Win7/U/64 [ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe] Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/900 NO 60.7 135.7 242.4 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/725 NO 58.4 130.6 258.9 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 2x 5850/725 YES 65.8 123.2 247.0 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian i7 860 4018 8800GT/G/775 NO 79.3 126.5 174.0 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 860 4018 8800GT/A/685 NO 79.3 126.5 167.9 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/685 NO 78.4 120.2 168.5 Win7/U/32 John i7 2700K 4918 GTX 550Ti 1GB NO 66.7 117.1 186.4 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4] Ian 6000+ 3230 2x 8800GT/A/650 YES 46.2 113.8 299.8 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/600 NO 68.2 107.9 149.1 Win7/U/32 John Q6600 2630 2x 8800GT YES 47.9 95.4 186.5 Win7/U/64 Ian Opteron 2600 GTX460/850 NO 39.6 94.2 184.1 XP Pro/64 [SUN Ultra 40 M2, 2X dual-core Opteron 2218] ----- RAIN TEST ----- Tester CPU MHz GFX CF/SLI? MIN AVG MAX OS Ian i7 870 4270 2x GTX460/850 YES 144.9 317.7 575.7 Win7/U/64 John i7 930 4136 2x GTX460/800 YES 131.6 296.2 571.7 Win7/U/64 John i7 2700K 4918 2x GTX460 V2/867 YES 149.8 262.9 440.0 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4, 16GB RAM @ DDR3/1333] Ian i7 870 4270 GTX460/850 NO 121.9 221.0 315.6 Win7/U/64 Ian i7 860 4018 2x 8800GT/G/775 YES 111.2 218.5 324.8 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 860 4018 2x 8800GT/A/685 YES 105.8 216.8 326.4 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/685 YES 105.2 208.0 322.8 Win7/U/32 John i7 930 4136 GTX460/800 NO 111.9 203.6 291.6 Win7/U/64 Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/600 YES 103.8 190.1 295.9 Win7/U/32 Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/900 NO 94.1 195.1 337.3 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] John i7 930 4136 2x 4890 YES 92.8 182.1 289.9 Win7/U/64 Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/725 NO 92.1 175.2 291.6 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/725 YES 81.4 172.4 407.6 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/850 YES 88.8 169.8 371.2 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian 6000+ 3446 GTX460/850 NO 77.8 157.0 265.2 Win7/U/64 [ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe] Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/900 NO 73.7 155.6 334.1 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/725 NO 76.7 151.8 281.1 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 2x 5850/725 YES 67.3 139.3 315.1 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian i7 860 4018 8800GT/A/685 NO 87.3 134.2 175.0 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 860 4018 8800GT/G/775 NO 80.6 133.7 177.3 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/685 NO 79.3 130.2 172.2 Win7/U/32 Ian 6000+ 3230 2x 8800GT/A/650 YES 62.2 130.2 248.3 XP Pro/32 John i7 2700K 4918 GTX 550Ti 1GB NO 70.0 128.1 188.5 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4] Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/600 NO 80.1 116.5 151.8 Win7/U/32 Ian Opteron 2600 GTX460/850 NO 46.3 111.1 190.7 XP Pro/64 [SUN Ultra 40 M2, 2X dual-core Opteron 2218] ----- SUN TEST ------ Tester CPU MHz GFX CF/SLI? MIN AVG MAX OS Ian i7 870 4270 2x GTX460/850 YES 106.6 185.3 306.8 Win7/U/64 John i7 930 4136 2x GTX460/800 YES 106.7 174.1 297.2 Win7/U/64 John i7 2700K 4918 2x GTX460 V2/867 YES 93.7 146.8 274.5 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4, 16GB RAM @ DDR3/1333] Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/725 YES 79.1 139.6 265.3 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/850 YES 77.9 135.6 240.8 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/900 NO 73.5 119.0 182.1 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] John i7 930 4136 2x 4890 YES 71.2 117.1 172.3 Win7/U/64 Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/900 NO 60.3 109.6 167.0 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 2x 5850/725 YES 63.3 109.4 189.0 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/725 NO 66.1 104.1 156.9 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian i7 870 4270 GTX460/850 NO 72.1 102.8 185.4 Win7/U/64 Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/725 NO 65.4 99.9 154.5 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/685 YES 60.0 99.4 186.3 Win7/U/32 Ian i7 860 4018 2x 8800GT/A/685 YES 61.1 97.6 180.6 XP Pro/32 John i7 930 4136 GTX460/800 NO 68.1 96.8 176.6 Win7/U/64 Ian 6000+ 3446 GTX460/850 NO 58.1 96.4 151.6 Win7/U/64 [ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe] Ian i7 860 4018 2x 8800GT/G/775 YES 59.1 96.2 180.2 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/600 YES 56.5 91.5 166.5 Win7/U/32 Ian 6000+ 3230 2x 8800GT/A/650 YES 46.8 82.9 148.1 XP Pro/32 John Q6600 2630 2x 8800GT YES 43.2 77.9 134.4 Win7/U/64 John i7 2700K 4918 GTX 550Ti 1GB NO 47.0 75.2 112.0 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4] Ian Opteron 2600 GTX460/850 NO 40.7 66.8 111.6 XP Pro/64 [SUN Ultra 40 M2, 2X dual-core Opteron 2218] Ian i7 860 4018 8800GT/A/685 NO 35.6 52.7 96.9 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/685 NO 36.8 52.6 97.3 Win7/U/32 Ian i7 860 4018 8800GT/G/775 NO 35.3 51.9 95.5 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/600 NO 34.1 48.0 87.8 Win7/U/32 ******************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************** TESTING at 1920x1080 (Extreme, SSAO = Default/High, Enhanced Full Dynamic Lighting): ------ DAY TEST ----- Tester CPU MHz GFX CF/SLI? MIN AVG MAX OS Ian i7 870 4270 2x GTX460/850 YES 89.3 148.2 221.9 Win7/U/64 John i7 2700K 4918 2x GTX460 V2/867 YES 75.8 138.4 199.7 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4, 16GB RAM @ DDR3/1333] John i7 930 4136 2x GTX460/800 YES 76.6 137.9 209.9 Win7/U/64 Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/725 YES 58.5 104.0 161.0 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/850 YES 57.8 107.4 177.9 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/900 NO 62.9 98.4 131.9 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/900 NO 56.0 89.5 121.1 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 2x 5850/725 YES 50.9 86.3 142.2 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] John i7 930 4136 2x 4890 YES 28.2 86.0 119.9 Win7/U/64 Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/725 NO 55.6 84.4 112.8 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian i7 870 4270 GTX460/850 NO 57.2 83.6 117.7 Win7/U/32 Ian i7 860 4018 2x 8800GT/G/685 YES 36.7 83.4 118.2 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/685 YES 58.0 81.7 113.8 Win7/U/32 Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/725 NO 53.3 80.9 108.1 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] John i7 930 4136 GTX460/800 NO 54.6 75.8 111.1 Win7/U/64 Ian 6000+ 3446 GTX460/850 NO 46.2 75.4 102.7 Win7/U/64 [ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe] Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/600 YES 53.7 73.1 102.8 Win7/U/32 Ian Opteron 2600 GTX460/850 NO 33.4 54.0 79.3 XP Pro/64 [SUN Ultra 40 M2, 2X dual-core Opteron 2218] John i7 2700K 4918 GTX 550Ti 1GB NO 35.8 47.7 65.7 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4] Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/685 NO 34.6 43.1 60.5 Win7/U/32 Ian i7 860 4018 8800GT/G/775 NO 34.7 43.0 60.5 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/600 NO 30.4 38.0 53.3 Win7/U/32 ----- NIGHT TEST ---- Tester CPU MHz GFX CF/SLI? MIN AVG MAX OS Ian i7 870 4270 2x GTX460/850 YES 84.9 147.7 229.7 Win7/U/64 John i7 2700K 4918 2x GTX460 V2/867 YES 77.6 138.7 212.4 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4, 16GB RAM @ DDR3/1333] John i7 930 4136 2x GTX460/800 YES 74.8 135.5 207.6 Win7/U/64 Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/850 YES 59.0 106.9 197.4 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/900 NO 61.0 99.7 138.1 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/725 YES 58.2 98.1 191.9 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/900 NO 57.5 91.3 138.0 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian i7 870 4270 GTX460/850 NO 65.3 91.2 127.0 Win7/U/32 Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/725 NO 52.6 85.4 115.3 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 2x 5850/725 YES 50.0 83.3 160.7 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/685 YES 62.7 81.7 122.9 Win7/U/32 Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/725 NO 50.7 80.7 113.1 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/600 YES 53.7 80.2 117.4 Win7/U/32 John i7 930 4136 GTX460/800 NO 59.1 78.8 111.5 Win7/U/64 John i7 930 4136 2x 4890 YES 47.5 78.5 119.6 Win7/U/64 Ian 6000+ 3446 GTX460/850 NO 52.5 74.8 104.3 Win7/U/64 [ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe] Ian i7 860 4018 2x 8800GT/G/685 YES 40.9 74.6 139.9 XP Pro/32 Ian Opteron 2600 GTX460/850 NO 33.5 62.9 94.0 XP Pro/64 [SUN Ultra 40 M2, 2X dual-core Opteron 2218] John i7 2700K 4918 GTX 550Ti 1GB NO 36.4 48.9 68.6 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4] Ian i7 860 4018 8800GT/G/775 NO 35.3 47.6 69.2 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/685 NO 36.1 47.3 69.4 Win7/U/32 Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/600 NO 31.9 41.4 60.4 Win7/U/32 ----- RAIN TEST ----- Tester CPU MHz GFX CF/SLI? MIN AVG MAX OS Ian i7 870 4270 2x GTX460/850 YES 85.1 163.2 246.9 Win7/U/64 John i7 2700K 4918 2x GTX460 V2/867 YES 83.0 152.7 217.9 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4, 16GB RAM @ DDR3/1333] John i7 930 4136 2x GTX460/800 YES 77.0 149.8 234.1 Win7/U/64 Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/850 YES 64.2 122.4 250.6 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/725 YES 57.3 114.0 240.9 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/900 NO 63.3 108.4 147.1 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/900 NO 56.1 102.3 145.8 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 2x 5850/725 YES 50.0 96.8 206.5 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian i7 870 4270 GTX460/850 NO 62.9 96.5 130.1 Win7/U/32 Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/685 YES 62.9 94.4 133.1 Win7/U/32 Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/725 NO 58.4 91.9 121.3 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/725 NO 52.2 88.8 121.0 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/600 YES 60.0 84.4 118.1 Win7/U/32 John i7 930 4136 GTX460/800 NO 61.9 84.2 113.8 Win7/U/64 Ian 6000+ 3446 GTX 460/850 NO 51.6 81.0 111.5 Win7/U/64 [ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe] Ian i7 860 4018 2x 8800GT/G/685 YES 46.8 73.7 137.7 XP Pro/32 Ian Opteron 2600 GTX460/850 NO 41.0 71.0 101.9 XP Pro/64 [SUN Ultra 40 M2, 2X dual-core Opteron 2218] John i7 2700K 4918 GTX 550Ti 1GB NO 41.5 52.9 73.2 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4] Ian i7 860 4018 8800GT/G/775 NO 40.2 50.1 70.2 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/685 NO 37.0 47.5 68.6 Win7/U/32 Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/600 NO 35.7 43.4 61.6 Win7/U/32 John i7 930 4136 2x 4890 YES 23.4 42.6 68.7 Win7/U/64 ----- SUN TEST ------ Tester CPU MHz GFX CF/SLI? MIN AVG MAX OS Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/850 YES 49.8 87.9 135.9 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] John i7 930 4136 2x 4890 YES 27.8 81.9 130.8 Win7/U/64 Ian Ath2 250 4110 2x 5850/725 YES 44.1 75.2 118.7 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 2x 5850/725 YES 43.2 73.0 106.8 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian i7 870 4270 2x GTX460/850 YES 37.9 70.0 120.9 Win7/U/64 John i7 930 4136 2x GTX460/800 YES 36.3 65.9 113.2 Win7/U/64 John i7 2700K 4918 2x GTX460 V2/867 YES 33.6 63.4 113.6 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4, 16GB RAM @ DDR3/1333] Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/900 NO 37.0 48.6 76.4 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/900 NO 34.7 48.4 75.8 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 4110 5850/725 NO 32.3 40.2 62.9 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian Ath2 250 3014 5850/725 NO 31.4 40.2 62.7 Win7/P/64 [Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6] Ian i7 870 4270 GTX460/850 NO 29.4 36.8 60.1 Win7/U/32 Ian 6000+ 3446 GTX460/850 NO 26.4 35.1 57.1 Win7/U/64 [ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe] Ian Opteron 2600 GTX460/850 NO 26.8 34.6 55.8 XP Pro/64 [SUN Ultra 40 M2, 2X dual-core Opteron 2218] John i7 930 4136 GTX460/800 NO 26.4 34.2 56.0 Win7/U/64 Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/685 YES 15.2 30.0 56.7 Win7/U/32 Ian i7 860 4018 2x 8800GT/G/685 YES 14.0 28.3 60.1 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 2x 8800GT/A/600 YES 14.5 27.1 50.6 Win7/U/32 John i7 2700K 4918 GTX 550Ti 1GB NO 17.5 22.5 35.5 Win7/U/64 [Asrock Z68 Extreme4] Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/685 NO 11.6 16.0 28.3 Win7/U/32 Ian i7 860 4018 8800GT/G/775 NO 11.5 16.0 28.4 XP Pro/32 Ian i7 870 4270 8800GT/A/600 NO 10.7 14.4 24.9 Win7/U/32 Observations ^^^^^^^^^^^^ At high res, the 4890 does really well for the SUN test, whereas it falls far behind for the RAIN test. Very strange! Better CPU performance does help for Stalker, but basic raw gfx performance is also important. For example, compare John's GTX 550Ti with his 4.9GHz 2700K vs. my GXT 460/850 with a 6000+ 3.4GHz: the latter is slightly faster, despite having much less CPU power. However, what this also shows is that an older CPU cannot fully harness the power of a newer card such as a GTX 460; compare the 6000+/460 combo vs. the same 460 running with my i7 870: the latter can be as much as 50% faster! This is why I keep telling people on forums that adding a 2nd card for SLI/CF on an older AM2/S775 board only makes sense if one has a good CPU such as an oc'd Ph2 965 or 6-core, or a very oc'd E8400 or Q9650 or something, and even then, a newer platform will still get much more out of cards as fast as the GTX 460. Note that other good AM2/3 options are the Athlon II X4 or even (for games that don't exploit more than 2 cores) the Athlon II X2 (eg. the 250 model, which oc's like crazy). ******************************************************************************** Win7 vs. XP, CPU low/high and HT On/Off Analysis: I have run the GTX 460 tests using XP instead of Win7, with the CPU running at 2930MHz instead of 4270, and with HT off vs. ON; Win7 gave better results, HT does not help performance, but a higher CPU clock definitely does help performance. Conclusion: use Win7, turn off HT, use the 10C lower temps to reach a higher CPU clock. This will maximise performance. I may add this extra data later somehow, perhaps by testing one specific setup. ******************************************************************************** John has two Radeon 4890s, two Palit GTX 460 1GB Sonic Platinums (800MHz core), a GTX 550 Ti and a couple of 5850s. I have a wide range of different GPUs: four 8800GTs (2 x 512MB, 2 x 1GB; where I say I have four of a type of card, it's because I have the same 512MB/1GB split so I can compare RAM usage issues), four 9800GTs, two EVGA GTX 460 FTWs (850MHz core), two EVGA GTX 460 SSC V2s (867MHz, these oc to 1GHz+), two Sonic Platinums (not yet tested these), Palit GTX 460 768MB (overclocks to 868MHz), two 3870s, five 4870s (three 1GB, two 512MB), two Sapphire 5850 Extremes, X1950Pro (AGP & two PCIe for CF), 3850 AGP, 4670 1GB and a range of different Quadro professional cards. Note that I did earlier tests using an i7 860 system, but that's now been replaced with an i7 870 setup at a higher clock. I'll remove the 860 results at some point. John's i7 2700K is running on an ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 with 16GB DDR3/1333. CPU-Z of John's i7 930 system: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1319930 CPU-Z of John's i7 860 system: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1517889 CPU-Z of my old i7 860 system: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1295195 CPU-Z of my new i7 870 system: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1507189 CPU-Z of John's i7 2700K system: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2414426 CPU-Z of my new 6000+ system: http://valid.canardpc.com/2774696 CPU-Z of my Athlon II X2 250: http://valid.canardpc.com/2798885 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Benchmark Info: http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/pctests.html http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/tests-jj.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/x3tcbench.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/uniginebench.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/uniginebench2.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/uniginebench3.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/aebench.html http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/viewperf.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/cinebench.html http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/ptboats.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/callofjuarez.txt