F1 2010 appears to be “bottlenecked” by different parts of all three systems, though that limitation occurs at perfectly playable frame rates. The $1000 PC finally bumps up against GPU limits at 2560x1600, while the least-expensive configuration leans heavily on its CPU but still gets held up.
Ultra quality and 8x AA increase GPU load to the point that bottlenecks in other parts of our systems begin to vanish. The $1000 PC is strong enough to play at 2560x1600, while the $550 PC passes 1920x1080 very nicely.
Summary
- Performance Is Value
- Systems and Benchmark Configurations
- Benchmark Results: 3DMark And PCMark
- Benchmark Results: SiSoftware Sandra
- Benchmark Results: Crysis
- Benchmark Results: F1 2010
- Benchmark Results: Just Cause 2
- Benchmark Results: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call Of Pripyat
- Benchmark Results: Audio And Video Encoding
- Benchmark Results: Productivity
- Power And Heat
- Performance Scaling And Efficiency
- Value Conclusion
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