[OCA]4670K vs 3570K Gaming performance

[crashtech]

I see merit to both sides of this discussion. It is a worthy goal to put as much stress on the CPU as possible for a CPU test, yet the attempt to isolate variables most often leads to the desire to minimize stress on the GPU. But if a specific group of graphical quality settings can be found that maximizes use of the CPU without allowing the GPU to mask test results, I would think that such settings, applied consistently, should be embraced. The problem, as I see it, would be how time-consuming coming up with these settings would be, and for what gain? Would the additional amount of CPU load achieved be worth the effort, and would it serve to alter any CPU's position in existing hierarchies?

 

[AtenRa]

A lot of those high settings REQUIRE a DX11 GPU. So if you test some games at the highest settings, CONGRATULATIONS, you just turned a CPU benchmark into a GPU benchmark.

HDAO? GPU. SSAO? GPU. DOF? GPU. Motion blur? GPU. Light shafts and bloom? GPU Tessellation? GPU.. This obviously depends on the game BUT this is why you don't blindly turn every game to ultra settings in a CPU benchmark. Have fun with setting high settings in every game and turning a benchmark intended to be for the CPU and CPU alone into a GPU benchmark.

HWC did the right thing by not choosing highest settings. Doing so is stupid - many of those settings USE the GPU and not the CPU. That runs CONTRARY to the goal of the review which is to measure the CPU and CPU alone.

You can still be CPU limited at 720p High/Ultra (in some games even with 2x AA) if you bench with a high-end GPU that most reviews do.

 

[toyota]

A lot of those high settings REQUIRE a DX11 GPU. So if you test some games at the highest settings, CONGRATULATIONS, you just turned a CPU benchmark into a GPU benchmark.

HDAO? GPU. SSAO? GPU. DOF? GPU. Motion blur? GPU. Light shafts and bloom? GPU Tessellation? GPU.. This obviously depends on the game BUT this is why you don't blindly turn every game to ultra settings in a CPU benchmark. Have fun with setting high settings in every game and turning a benchmark intended to be for the CPU and CPU alone into a GPU benchmark.

HWC did the right thing by not choosing highest settings. Doing so is stupid - many of those settings USE the GPU and not the CPU. That runs CONTRARY to the goal of the review which is to measure the CPU and CPU alone.

why make this so difficult? simply crank every setting except AA and lower the resolution and there you go...