Gaming on Intel or AMD...The truth

I'm not sure that this will have a great value if you're using top end GPUs like Titans or 7990s, where the difference in FPS between CPUs is in the imperceptible range: a 10fps difference between 70 - 80 won't affect many people. If you were to use a more mid-range GPU like a single 660ti on the machines you'd see the performance gaps (if there were any, I'm not saying there are enormous differences) in a fairer way.

Still nice idea :D

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Originally Posted by jasong

I'm not sure that this will have a great value if you're using top end GPUs like Titans or 7990s, where the difference in FPS between CPUs is in the imperceptible range: a 10fps difference between 70 - 80 won't affect many people. If you were to use a more mid-range GPU like a single 660ti on the machines you'd see the performance gaps (if there were any, I'm not saying there are enormous differences) in a fairer way.

Still nice idea :D

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Will look into that, I do get what your getting at though.
@Isengard, will try games like SC2 and Dota 2 which are both pretty cpu intensive. Will look into Planetside 2 as well.

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Originally Posted by The Joker

Will look into that, I do get what your getting at though.
@Isengard, will try games like SC2 and Dota 2 which are both pretty cpu intensive. Will look into Planetside 2 as well.

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If you had Guild Wars 2 it would also show quite a difference. My FPS more than doubled when I went from my Phenom II x4 965 to the i5 3570k.

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Will look into that, I do get what your getting at though.
@Isengard, will try games like SC2 and Dota 2 which are both pretty cpu intensive. Will look into Planetside 2 as well.

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I would recommend not showing the current fps either, because people will see a game running at 50 fps then the same game at 70 fps and say, the latter is a intel or AMD.

Sounds like a cool experiment, I'm keen to see the results of your research.

Sounds like a fun idea. I assume you'll keep the same number of cores in each CPU? I'm sure all threading is not created equal.. :/

Haha this sounds awesome. When is this planned for? I'd like to see the outcome, already guessed what it would be. :)

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Originally Posted by Glordit

I would recommend not showing the current fps either, because people will see a game running at 50 fps then the same game at 70 fps and say, the latter is a intel or AMD.

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Is that really a good idea? Then all you're proving is that most gamers don't notice a difference between 40 and 50fps.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/697?vs=701

Truthfully there is quite a difference in gaming between AMD and Intel at the high end.

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Is that really a good idea? Then all you're proving is that most gamers don't notice a difference between 40 and 50fps.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/697?vs=701

Truthfully there is quite a difference in gaming between AMD and Intel at the high end.

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http://www.anandtech.com/show/6985/c...-in-haswell-/5

The above mentioned article is the reason I am doing the test. Some people still claim that intel is better for gaming bla bla.

Well this is how its going down.
The cpu's will be run at stock clocks with HT and all cores/modules active.
Each machine will be running the same memory (G.skill DDRIII 2400 16GB at its rated speed)
They will be running the same SSD's (OCZ Vector 128GB)
I will not be showing any fps numbers during the test, I want it to be a "blind" test

If you guys can think of anything that needs to be added or changed please let me know.

Stick a FX-6300/FX-6100 in there and that would be an interesting test. No Crossfire or SLI, though. We wouldn't want Nvidia's frame metering tech to smooth out the frame delivery while Xfire with VSync disabled is almost a complete mess.