Legit Processor Reviews
Intel Unveils Sandy Bridge: Core i7 2600K, i5 2500K, i5 2400, i3 2100 CPUs
| Manufacturer: | Intel |
| Product: | Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 |
| Date: | Sun, Jan 02, 2011 - 11:05 PM |
| Written By: | Brian Wallace - |
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Starcraft II
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. A sequel to the award-winning 1998 video game StarCraft, the game was released worldwide on July 27, 2010. It is split into three installments: the base game with the subtitle Wings of Liberty, and two upcoming expansion packs, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty has had a successful launch, selling three million copies worldwide in less than a month.
We tested Starcraft II at Ultra Settings on both the GPU and CPU at resolutions of 1024x760, 1680x1050, and 1920x1080.
Besides the obvious overclocked Core i7 2600K, it's a Sandy Bridge sweep with the Core i3 2100 even getting in on the action! Keep in mind that gameplay was recorded live with FRAPS and can have a slight variance. Sandy Bridge once again shows a consistent improvement in frames per second over Lynnfield and AMD's fastest Phenom processors, even at a resolution of 1920x1080.
Clearly though, overclocking Sandy Bridge for gaming performance is not a necessity; the 4.9GHz clock speed yields just a 4fps difference at best.
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Page 1 - Enter Intel Sandy Bridge Processors
Page 2 - Architecture Improvements, Turbo Boost 2.0, and AVX Page 3 - The Lineup, Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 Page 4 - Intel Core i3 2100, i5 2400, i5 2500K, i7 2600K Page 5 - Intel DP67BG Burrage Motherboard and Intel BXXTS100H CPU Cooler Page 6 - Power Consumption Page 7 - The K-Series and Overclocking Page 8 - Sandy Bridge Overclocking: How To Page 9 - Test Setup Page 10 - SiSoft Sandra 2011b Page 11 - wPrime Page 12 - Microsoft Excel 2010 Page 13 - x264 HD Encoding Page 14 - Handbrake Page 15 - Sony Vegas 10 Page 16 - Cinebench 11.5 Page 17 - 7-Zip Page 18 - iTunes 10 Page 19 - Folding@home Page 20 - Left 4 Dead 2 Page 21 - Starcraft II Page 22 - FIFA 2011 Page 23 - Final Thoughts & Conclusion |
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