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Review: Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition: piling on the pounds

by Tarinder Sandhu on 3 June 2009, 05:00 3.5

Tags: Core i7 920, Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), AMD (NYSE:AMD), PC

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CPU test - Company Of Heroes - IGP DX9 - 1,024 0xAA
Intel Core i7 975 EEIntel Core i7 965 EEAMD Phenom II X4 955 BEIntel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Core i7 920Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE
415.51407.19351.95362.6338.4383.07321.34


CPU test - Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - 1,024x768
Intel Core i7 975 EEIntel Core i7 965 EEAMD Phenom II X4 955 BEIntel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Core i7 920Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE
202.73188.37138.63149.77170156.77130.8


The non-GPU-bound performance is also excellent.

CPU test - Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - 1,680x1,050
Intel Core i7 975 EEIntel Core i7 965 EEAMD Phenom II X4 955 BEIntel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Core i7 920Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE
81.981.283.9384.782.2585.382.11


But raise the resolution to 1,680x1,050 on a £125 Radeon HD 4870 and there's no meaningful difference between the chips; the test becomes limited by the GPU.