[psolord]

Hey Vr-Zone friends.

I recently built a new rig for a friend, based on AMD's Athlon II X4 620 (propus) and I was curious to see how good or not, can this <100€ quad core cpu stand against a higher end cpu, in games.

The systems used, were

1) Intel Q9550@4.0Ghz, Asus P5Q Deluxe, 4GB DDR2-1000
2) AMD Athlon II X4 620, Gigabyte GA-770-UD3 rev 2.0, 2GB DDR-800

Common for both systems were, my overclocked Nvidia GTX 260 core 216, Forceware 190.62, Windows 7 X64. So, hardly a fair comparison, but still...

I used high settings in games and 4XAA where available, knowingly that it will bring most of the burden to the gpu, but I was specifically trying to see how well can this somewhat budget plattform can cope in real life gaming, with a decent graphics card.

All benchmarks have been video recorded and uploaded to my Youtube channel. The results are presented in three ways. First, as a normal vbulletin text, with all results being actual hyperlinks to their respective Youtube videos, second with a simple Excel chart with which I calculated the percentage difference and third with typical graphs.

Text results (the results that do not have a hyperlink are included in the precious hyperink)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Game - Benchmark.......................|.Quality.|......CPU.USED.......|
|#######################################|#########|..Q9550...|AMD.X4.620|
|#######################################|#########|#####################|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|MASS.EFFECT............................|...NOAA..|...86,943.|..78,976..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|LEFT.4.DEAD............................|...4XAA..|..109,647.|..84,857..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|FEAR.2.................................|...4XAA..|...93,540.|..91,172..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|PT.BOATS.DX10..........................|...4XAA..|...47,400.|..43,600..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|HALF.LIFE.2.EPISODE.2..................|...4XAA..|..172,013.|.111,036..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|BIOSHOCK.DX10..........................|...NOAA..|..133,436.|.119,759..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|ASSASSIN'S.CREED.DX10..................|...NOAA..|...68,608.|..52,668..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|UNIGINE.TROPICS.DX10...................|...4XAA..|...29,000.|..28,000..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|THE.LAST.REMNANT.......................|...4XAA..|..105,990.|..94,500..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|STREET.FIGHTER.IV......................|...4XAA..|..105,530.|..99,630..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|CRYOSTASIS.TECHDEMO.DX10...............|...NOAA..|...39.000.|..36,100..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|CALL.OF.JUAREZ.DX10.BENCH..............|...4XAA..|...35,400.|..33,200..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|ARMA.II.NORMAL)........................|..NORMAL.|...46,000.|..43,000..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|BATMAN.ARKHAM.ASYLUM...PHYSX...........|...4XAA..|...52,000.|..49,000..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|BATMAN.ARKHAM.ASYLUM.NOPHYSX...........|...4XAA..|..104,000.|.101,000..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|FALLOUT.3.OUTDOORS.....................|...4XAA..|...65,733.|..52,728..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|FALLOUT.3.INDOORS......................|...4XAA..|...76,551.|..67,598..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|CALL.OF.DUTY.IV........................|...4XAA..|..143,370.|.132,258..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|DEVIL.MAY.CRY.IV.DX10.SCENE.1..........|...4XAA..|..143,670.|.140,270..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|DEVIL.MAY.CRY.IV.DX10.SCENE.2..........|...4XAA..|...98,550.|..98,380..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|DEVIL.MAY.CRY.IV.DX10.SCENE.3..........|...4XAA..|..169,270.|.165,850..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|DEVIL.MAY.CRY.IV.DX10.SCENE.4..........|...4XAA..|...97,830.|..99,640..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|CRYSIS.DX10.VERY.HIGH..................|...NOAA..|...23,645.|..22,685..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|CRYSIS.DX10.HIGH.......................|...NOAA..|...42,940.|..35,055..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|RACE.DRIVER.GRID.......................|...4XAA..|...85,757.|..73,806..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|RES.EVIL.5.DX10.BENCH..................|...4XAA..|...94,800.|..77,800..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|FAR.CRY.2.DX10.DEMO.PLAYBACK...........|...4XAA..|...49,220.|..46,880..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|FAR.CRY.2.DX10.LONG.RANCH..............|...4XAA..|...58,770.|..52,740..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|CALL.OF.DUTY.V.WORLD.AT.WAR............|...4XAA..|...76,577.|..68,515..|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|3DMARK.VANTAGE.PREFORMANCE.............|...PERF..|...11807..|..10764...|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Excel chart



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Hope this helps some people.

Cheers!

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[haylui]

no doubt, performance of L3-less chips are less affected in GPU intensive games

[chinesefarmer]

but hmmm both seem overclocked to different degrees...

[lennardseah]

i'm sure clock for clock the c2q will still win

[Discrucio Anima]

It would have been more fair if you used the same RAM on both setups.

[psolord]

Originally Posted by Discrucio Anima

It would have been more fair if you used the same RAM on both setups.

I wanted to test how a system with half the price, would fair against another.

I am sure if I used the same memory, the results would not be any different anyway! Memory speed wouldn't do any good, that's for sure. As for the memory amount, I didn't see any related problems during these runs!

[NerosDevil]

Nice, I will deliver cookies for you.

[haylui]

Originally Posted by lennardseah

i'm sure clock for clock the c2q will still win

but win by even smaller margin

[weib]

you are either too free or a fanatic.
You should get paid for your craziness lol

[psolord]

@Niceone

Can't wait for those cookies!

@Weib
Errrm....thanks, I guess!

Actually I am not too free nor a fanatic. Just an enthusiast is all...! I've been helped a lot of times by the web and just want to give something back!

[jeuda]

Very good value for AMD chips!

[lzxhenry]

psolord, thanks for sharing this wonderful info.. AMD has certainly attracted alot of attention these days towards the value conscious market.. No doubt, they have done a good job.

[bullydog]

Thanks for the effort Psolord.

[HumsterMKII]

Whao... how long it took to compile the data

[marky982]

Erm. don't mind if i go abit out of topic
May i ask if this AMD Phenom 2 X4 620 is avaliable in singapore?