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AMD Athlon II X2 255 Dual Core 3.1GHz Processor Review
| Manufacturer: | AMD |
| Product: | AMD Athlon II X2 255 |
| Date: | Fri, Feb 12, 2010 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Dan Stoltz - |
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Colin McRae: DiRT 2
Colin McRae: DiRT 2 is one of the most anticipated racing games of the year and will take full advantage of DirectX 11, adding realism to the racing environment. The game also will have hardware tessellation that is said to improve the appearance of water and other surfaces, as well as crowd animations. Utilizing the EGO Engine, DiRT 2 should raise the bar for PC gaming and is a definite must-have for PC gamers as it will have cars and tracks twice as detailed as those seen in Race Driver: GRID. To test I use the high, medium and low presets with no AA.
Benchmark Results: The AMD Athlon II X2 255 fell a bit short on performance in Colin McRae: DiRT 2. It became apparent to me that DiRT 2 is a processor reliant game; even the lower frequency quad cores had a significant advantage here.
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Page 1 - AMD Athlon II X2 255 CPU
Page 2 - The Test System Page 3 - Sandra 2010 Memory Bandwidth Page 4 - PCMark Vantage Page 5 - 3DMark Vantage Page 6 - POV-Ray Page 7 - Photodex Proshow 4.0 Page 8 - Cinebench 10 Page 9 - World in Conflict Page 10 - Colin McRae: DiRT 2 Page 11 - Overclocking the AMD Athlon II X2 255 Page 12 - Power Consumption Page 13 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion |
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