AMD's Athlon II X3 435 & New Energy Efficient CPUs: Killing Intel Below $90
by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 20, 2009 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Fallout 3 Game Performance
Bethesda’s latest game uses an updated version of the Gamebryo engine (Oblivion). This benchmark takes place immediately outside Vault 101. The character walks away from the vault through the Springvale ruins. The benchmark is measured manually using FRAPS.
Finally! We have a test where the Athlon II X3 435's clock speed gives it the advantage over the 620. If you're a gamer but want more cores, the 435 is a good balance of performance in existing games but better than dual-core performance in well threaded apps.
Left 4 Dead
I've got no complaints about the X3's performance in Left 4 Dead either, it's nearly as fast as the more expensive Core 2 Duo E7500 (and with a much tastier upgrade path).
FarCry 2 Multithreaded Game Performance
FarCry 2 ships with the most impressive benchmark tool we’ve ever seen in a PC game. Part of this is due to the fact that Ubisoft actually tapped a number of hardware sites (AnandTech included) from around the world to aid in the planning for the benchmark.
For our purposes we ran the CPU benchmark included in the latest patch:
Even in our most heavily threaded game test, the X3 435 is a bit faster than the 620.
Crysis Warhead
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maddoctor - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
Good, you have bought an Intel product, you will happy with it. I believe you will never buy AMD products, because their products are crap and can not win the benchmark.bupkus - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
I have an AMD/ATI 4850 video card I bought a year and a half ago and it's working just fine. I don't expect Intel to have a competitive offering for a long time.maddoctor - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
It will change with Larrabee. I believe you will buy Intel Larrabee, because simple choice will make you happy with Intel standards.maddoctor - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
Yeah, I want it soon. Intel will crush them in the low end segment too. I want Intel own all PC Market if Intel have been successfully made AMD's cash empty. AMD is whine too much, so Intel must punish AMD until dead.bersl2 - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
Successful troll is successful.kiwik - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
I, for one, welcome our new Intel Overlords.stmok - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
Look everyone! Its maddoctor! The counter-twin to snakeoil!Shilohen - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
Ohh, I've never read anything from snakeoil yet so I was seeing him more like Intel's SiliconDoc.Eeqmcsq - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
Boy, you're not kidding. Put those two together and there be fireworks.RubberJohnny - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
It probably is snakeoil, he leaves out a couple of words here and there to make it sound like he comes from some non english speaking country instead of his mums basement...