Photoshop loves Core i7 processors, but enabling the fourth core on the $750 machine’s triple-core CPU still provides a big boost for lower-budget buyers.


Intel’s high performance continues to compliment its high price, but the overclocked and core-unlocked AMD processor isn’t too far behind.

There’s no apparent logic to AVG 9 performance, and we’re looking forward to replacing it.

CPU overclocking appears to benefit 7-Zip more than WinRAR, to the point that the overclocked $750 system catches up to the stock-speed $1,500 PC. However, Intel’s clock-for-clock superiority does come at a price, as Core i7 processors would only fit the budgets of the expensive machines.
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Summary
- The Bigger They Come…
- Test Settings
- Benchmark Results: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Benchmark Results: Crysis
- Benchmark Results: DiRT 2
- Benchmark Results: S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat
- Benchmark Results: Audio And Video Encoding
- Benchmark Results: Productivity
- Benchmark Results: 3DMark And PCMark
- Benchmark Results: SiSoftware Sandra
- Power And Efficiency
- The Harder They Fall
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Are alternatively when it comes to number crunching and CPU-intensive operations such as media work Intel's architecture crushes AMD.
That's why these types of software run better on Core i7, not because they've been programmed to prefer Intel.