GTX 285 & Intel i7 920

chrisrobhay2 · April 15th, 2009, 11:09 PM

After the three threads I've made about ATI and AMD, I've decided to go back to Nvidia and Intel. After doing a lot of research I've ended back up in the Green Camp (Nvidia) because of their extremely high performance GPUs that just stomp ATI cards into the ground. Here are the results for a GTX 285 benchmark on Crysis with Very High Detail, I will also include the 4870 X2 in this benchmark:

GTX 285:

1680x1050: 32.8

1920x1200: 27.3

2560x1600: 17.1

4870 X2:

1680x1050: 42.6

1920x1200: 36.5

2560x1600: 23.7

The GTX 285 may preform slightly worse, but you also have to take into account that it also costs much less. A GTX 285 may cost $330 while a 4870 X2 can cost can cost $450.00. So the X2 is about 33% more than the GTX 285, with only about a 8.5 FPS increase in performance.
Now that we've gotten the graphics card end cleared up, we're going to need a processor to power these monster graphics cards. This where the i7 920 comes in. Clocked at 2.66 GHz and with 8 virtual cores, it is a processing powerhouse. Also, the OC'ing (overclocking) ability of this processor is amazing, with some people saying that they have reached 4.0 GHz on stock cooling! So let's imagine we overclcok this guy to 3.6 GHz, enable hyper-threading, and get tri-channel DDR3 RAM. We now have something that can feed information to this GPU most likely quicker than the GPU can handle. So if you want, this processor gives you the headroom to add 2 or more graphics cards in SLI or CrossFire to make your system even more powerful. The new technology coming out, Hydra by Lucid, will allow graphics cards to scale at 100% of their performance, so 2 GTX 285's in SLI will give you 34.2 FPS on Crysys with 2560x1600 resolution. Who wouldn't want that!

dammit45 · April 16th, 2009, 04:07 AM

ummm, good job?

if you researched alot you would have provided more information to those benchmarks,

but ok, mr. "Not Sure" on your OWN goddamn motherboard >.>

chrisrobhay2 · April 16th, 2009, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dammit45

ummm, good job?

if you researched alot you would have provided more information to those benchmarks,

but ok, mr. "Not Sure" on your OWN goddamn motherboard >.>

First off, I got this system when I was 10 and could care less about computers, so that's why I don't know my own mobo. Second, I was doing this in a hurry so I didn't have time to do more research. If you don't like the review do one yourself.

chrisrobhay2 · April 16th, 2009, 05:46 AM

Here's your extra benchmarks:

COD: World at War (Highest Detail):

GTX 285:

1680x1050: 109.5

1920x1200: 95.5

2560x1600: 66.1

4870 X2:

1680x1050: 120.0

1920x1200: 111.6

2560x1600: 88.3

Far Cry 2 (Very High Quality):

GTX 285:

1680x1050: 84.4

1920x1200: 76.9

2560x1600: 58.5

4870 X2:

1680x1050: 107.4

1920x1200: 106.8

2560x1600: 81.1

I still see the GTX 285 as a better choice if you just want great FPS at high quality setting and resolution, but if you're one of the people that likes to brag that they get 81.1 FPS in Far Cry 2 at Very High Quality and 2560x1600 resolution, then get the 4870 X2.

dammit45 · April 16th, 2009, 06:10 AM

dude, even if you got it when you were 10, still its not brain surgery to find out something that simple

and second, you just said you researched it ALOT and now you say you didnt get enough time to post what you should have prepared??? Q.Q

chrisrobhay2 · April 16th, 2009, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dammit45

dude, even if you got it when you were 10, still its not brain surgery to find out something that simple

and second, you just said you researched it ALOT and now you say you didnt get enough time to research??? Q.Q

Stop telling me that I don't know what my motherboard is, I know that. So what if I don't know what my motherboard is? And I did a lot of research on the card itself, like reviews on newegg.com. What I did not do is read a lot of benchmarks.

chrisrobhay2 · April 16th, 2009, 06:16 AM

Ok, I found out what motherboard it is. It's a NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP.

chrisrobhay2 · April 16th, 2009, 06:21 AM

Sorry, 'bout that fit I had 2 posts up. Don't know what got into me... I'm just tired and upset. Please forgive me? :-(

dammit45 · April 17th, 2009, 03:39 AM

lol, im not mad at all, its fine,

do you know what rigs those benchmarks are from?

the mobos/chipsets other hardware?

bench marks mean nothing to me, if i dont know everything about the rig running the bench mark

since most motherboards have nvidia sided chipsets,

well, most of the more popular motherboards

chrisrobhay2 · April 17th, 2009, 03:46 AM

Test System Configuration:

CPU

Intel Core i7 920 (2.66 GHz, 8.0 MB Cache)

Overclocked to 4.00 GHz (BCLK 200)

CPU Cooler

Swiftech Liquid Cooling: Apogee GTZ water block

MCP-655b pump, and 3x120 mm radiator

Motherboard

Gigabyte EX58-Extreme

Intel X58/ICH10R Chipset, LGA-1366

RAM

6.0 GB Crucial DDR3-1600 Triple-Channel Kit

Overclocked to CAS 8-8-8-16

GTX 285 Graphics

XFX GeForce GTX 285 XXX Edition

670 MHz GPU, GDDR3-2500

Radeon HD 4870 X2 Graphics

Sapphire HD 4870 X2 PN: 100251SR

2x 750 MHz GPU, GDDR5-3600

Hard Drives

Seagate Barracuda ST3500641AS

0.5 TB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB Cache

Sound

Integrated HD Audio

Network

Integrated Gigabit Networking

Power

Cooler Master RS-850-EMBA

ATX12V v2.2. EPS12V, 850W, 64A combined +12 V

Optical

LG GGC-H20LK 6X Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM, 16X DVD±R

OS

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1

Graphics

NVidia Forceware 181.20 Beta
AMD 8.561.3.0000 Beta

Chipset

Intel INF 8.3.0.1016