The situation changes completely when using 3D software to render images and video; the dual-core sub-$1,000 machine is put to shame by the Q6600-equipped sub-$2,000 machine, its overclocked result notably shy of the sub-$2,000 machines stock result! The sub-$4,000 machine easily takes top honors however, sporting four cores and high clock speeds.
Summary
- Introduction
- Synthetic Benchmarks
- Application Benchmarks – Media Encoding
- 2D and 3D Rendering
- Application Benchmarks – Productivity
- Game Benchmarks – First Person Shooters
- Game Benchmarks – First Person Shooters, Continued
- Game Benchmarks – Real Time Strategy
- Benchmark Summary Analysis
- Value Analysis
- Conclusion
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