This same graphics card and memory was then used in our Core i7 and Core 2 test beds, the details of which are listed below. This includes photo editing, video transcoding, playing games, and converting mp3s. Starting with the gaming benchmarks, we see quite a mixed bag.
Nevertheless, the Black Edition still has plenty enough performance to play both games satisfactorily. Intel CPUs are just better at encoding video. That said, the extra clock speed of the BE means it keeps up with its price competitor, the Q While Intel has a clear lead overall, the BE stays biting at the heels of the Q, at least in Cinebench.
Once again, though, when we talk about price competitors, the BE and Q are within spitting distance of each other. A trend that is finally played out to completion in our final tests; encoding mp3s. This was a bit of a pain but the board worked and gave seemingly valid results so we soldiered on bear in mind the operating system and drivers for the board were already installed on our test hard drive.
So we tried 18x instead and this worked fine. Not yet wishing to up any voltages we next tried At this level the CPU seemingly consumed no more power than at stock speed and was completely stable and its multithreaded Cinebench score went up from to an eight per cent improvement. This resulted in its Cinebench scores going from to a 14 per cent improvement. All told, then, the Black Edition moniker is not necessarily the be all and end all.
That said, this is still a very competitive CPU and is one you should certainly consider. However, the simple fact of the matter is, if you have a powerful gaming PC, CPU performance is not going to be your bottleneck. Both games use scripting to run through a custom time demo, with frame rates recorded along the way. Each setting is run three times and an average taken to ensure a consistent and fair result.
The next scenario takes a section of p footage, again in MPEG-2 format, and re-encodes it into the h. This is a much more up to date test as the source material is Full HD and the h. We also use the open source converter, AutoMKV, for this task, which fully supports multi-threading.
Cinebench has both a single-threaded and multi-threaded test while POV-Ray is just multi-threaded. However, when compared they adequately show up any difference in performance. We therefore feel it makes for an interesting test of system performance. This test is split into two parts.
The first times how long it takes to compress a large video file and the second records how long it takes to compress the folder of photos used in the above Photoshop test. We then repeat this test using the multithreaded version of WinRAR. Ah, encoding MP3s. For this test we encode 11 tracks using the LAME encoder. All up? About six sheets to the wind. In which case it defaults to pure performance, and here the Phenom II X4 has it, unless you do masses of multimedia conversion. Its unlocked multiplier should lend it to some juicy overclocking too, potentially overcoming any deficit.
While the higher power consumption is a slight concern, the X4 proves that AMD is back in the performance game and ready to play hard ball. Bring on the next generation. Craig Simms. The Good Great performance. Good value proposition. Unlocked multiplier. Multimedia performance suffers compared to Intel.
WPrime 2. Intel Core 2 Q Intel Core 2 Q 1m17s. Intel Core 2 Q 2m18s. WinRAR 3. Intel Core 2 Q 4m55s. Intel Core 2 Q CB. Intel Core 2 Q 1.
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