The $1300 build continues pushing for big numbers in DiRT 3, actually beating the stock $2600 build at Ultra quality and 2560x1600. It’s too bad that neither its motherboard nor CPU are suitable for “reasonable” overclocking. Another couple hundred megahertz from Turbo Boost could have helped pushed frame rates even higher at CPU-bound settings.
Amazingly, the $650 build continues to demonstrate playable 1920x1080 results at our highest tested detail levels. Paul's mission appears accomplished!
Summary
- Three Well-Built Machines Face Off
- Benchmark And Overclock Settings
- Benchmark Results: 3DMark And PCMark
- Benchmark Results: SiSoftware Sandra
- Benchmark Results: Battlefield 3
- Benchmark Results: DiRT 3
- Benchmark Results: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Benchmark Results: StarCraft II
- Benchmark Results: Audio And Video Encoding
- Benchmark Results: Productivity
- Power And Efficiency
- Three Different Goals, One Value Conclusion
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