I got one from Batman: Arkham Asylum for you. at 1920x1080 on very high settings with physx on high the cpu still makes a noticeable difference even with a 192sp gtx260. the E8500 at 2.0 is still faster than most older cpus like a 5600 X2 and lower so think of all the people using high end cards with those poky cpus. heck there is some guy on here with 8800gt sli and a stock 3800 X2. thats sad because even one of those 8800gt cards is not getting fully utilized and adding that second is nearly a complete waste in most games.
1920x1080 all very high settings, no AA and high physx
E8500 at 3.16 GTX260 at 666/1392/2200
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
2742, 66301, 31, 53, 41.357
E8500 at 2.0 GTX260 at 666/1392/2200
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
2086, 61778, 21, 40, 33.766
I can also say that in Far Cry 2 anything lower than 2.33 on my E8500 will bottleneck the 192sp gtx260 even at 1920x1080 with very high settings. at 2.33 or lower, overclocking the card will result in zero change.
Settings: Demo(Ranch Small), 1920x1080 (60Hz), D3D10, Fixed Time Step(No), Disable Artificial Intelligence(No), Full Screen, Anti-Aliasing(None), VSync(No), Overall Quality(Very High), Vegetation(Very High), Shading(Very High), Terrain(Very High), Geometry(Very High), Post FX(High), Texture(Very High), Shadow(Very High), Ambient(High), Hdr(Yes), Bloom(Yes), Fire(Very High), Physics(Very High), RealTrees(Very High)
E8500 at 2.33 and gtx260 at 576/1188/1990
Total Frames: 2485, Total Time: 51.00s
Average Framerate: 48.72
Max. Framerate: 75.22 (Frame:395, 6.59s)
Min. Framerate: 32.19 (Frame:1671, 34.07s)
E8500 at 2.33 and gtx260 overclocked to 666/1392/2200
Total Frames: 2448, Total Time: 51.01s
Average Framerate: 47.99
Max. Framerate: 73.21 (Frame:407, 6.94s)
Min. Framerate: 32.33 (Frame:1665, 34.60s)
E8500 at 3.16 and the gtx260 overclocked to 666/1392/2200
Total Frames: 3024, Total Time: 51.01s
Average Framerate: 59.28
Max. Framerate: 92.79 (Frame:489, 6.69s)
Min. Framerate: 40.40 (Frame:2042, 34.11s)