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Intel Core I7 950 3.06GHz Quad Core Processor Review
| Manufacturer: | Intel |
| Product: | Core i7-950 Bloomfield CPU - BX80601950 |
| Date: | Thu, Dec 16, 2010 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Dan Stoltz - |
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
The events of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat unfold shortly after the end of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl following the ending in which Strelok destroys the C-Consciousness. Having discovered the open path to the Zone's center, the government decides to stage a large-scale operation to take control of the Chernobyl nuclear plant.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat utilizes the XRAY 1.6 Engine, allowing advanced modern graphical features through the use of DirectX 11 to be fully integrated; one outstanding feature being the inclusion of real-time GPU tessellation. Regions and maps feature photo realistic scenes of the region it is made to represent. There is also extensive support for older versions of DirectX, meaning that Call of Pripyat is also compatible with older DirectX 8, 9, 10 and 10.1 graphics cards.
The game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: CoP has no internal benchmarking tools built into the game engine, but they do have a standalone benchmark available that we used for our testing purposes. The screen capture above shows the main window of the benchmark with our settings. Notice we are running Enhanced Full Dynamic Lighting "DX11" as our renderer.
Benchmark Results: The Intel Core I7 950 was nearly as fast as the $800.00 Intel Core I7 970 and slightly faster than the Intel Core I7 930. If we look at processors within comparable price points, we look at the AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition. Comparing these two processors the Intel Core I7 950 was 10.8% faster at 1920x1080 and 17.6% faster at 1280x1024!
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Page 1 - Intel Core i7-950 3.06GHz Bloomfield CPU
Page 2 - The Legit Reviews Test System Page 3 - SiSoftware Sandra 2010c Page 4 - x264 HD Video Encoding Page 5 - Cinebench R11.5 Page 6 - PCMark Vantage Page 7 - 3DMark Vantage Page 8 - Futuremark 3DMark 11 Page 9 - wPrime Page 10 - Colin McRae: DiRT2 Page 11 - Aliens Vs. Predator Benchmark v1.03 Page 12 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat Page 13 - Power Consumption Page 14 - Overclocking the Intel Core I7 950 Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions |
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