Posted on Tuesday, September 23 2008 @ 7:40 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Today we are testing a range of CPU’s with the GeForce GTX 280, to try and determine what kind of processing power is required to power Nvidia’s flagship graphics card. In total there are 40 CPU configurations tested, including processors from the Intel Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo series, along with a number of AMD Phenom X4 and Athlon64 X2 processors...
Having now tested both the Radeon HD 4870X2 and the GeForce GTX 280, it has become clear that their CPU requirements are quite different. This was not only evident when looking at the performance difference between the Core 2 Quad Q6600 and the Athlon64 X2 6400+, but also when comparing the Core 2 Duo and Phenom X4 processors on a clock for clock basis.
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