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impar
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 Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:46 am Post subject: CPU and GPU Performance/Cost Analysis |
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Greetings!
"A vocal contingent of our readers has long been asking for a closer look at price-performance issues, and we think we've cooked up some novel ways of expressing that data that may make it feasible. So we've decided to give it a shot.
Fortuitously, AMD and Intel both took an axe to their prices last month, and we recently added Intel's $113 Core 2 Duo E4300 to our constellation of test results, so now seems like a particularly appropriate time to consider performance per dollar. Join us as we look at the value proposition of 16 CPUs, from the Athlon 64 X2 3600+ all the way up to the Core 2 Extreme QX6800, across a wide range of games, applications, and even energy efficiency tests. Some of what we found surprised us, and it may change the way you think about CPU value. "
in, http://techreport.com/reviews/2007q2/pricevperf/index.x?pg=1
These graphics are handy:
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daglesj
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So essentially there is no point buying top end CPUs as any of them will give a suitable level of perfomance.
Much as I suspected. They have to stop reviewing CPUs as if its still 1998.
GPU needs a little more consideration but I feel that what screen size you have has more importance in your choice factor. |
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impar
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mini
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| The graphs look pretty, but simply dividing the frame rate by the price would give a factor that could rank them in value order more easily. |
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impar
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Greetings!
Some noticeable differences going from XP to Vista in nVidia and ATi:
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thegrommit
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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| mini wrote: |
| The graphs look pretty, but simply dividing the frame rate by the price would give a factor that could rank them in value order more easily. |
I think the point is to demonstrate the law of diminishing returns. |
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