Review [i3 vs C2D]

[FaridAhmed]

so there have been some million dollar questions like

"Should i move on to new chipset"
"what kind of performance gain am i expecting"
"how many fps will be changed"
" OR should i wait for a newer chipset"
"should i wait for the prices to come down"

etc etc etc............

i myself was once in such a dilemma but now my mind is set so i thought to make a little write up or a review what ever you may call it to help all the others with the same confusion

so i took waris's HAWK baby after he has done the benches and thought to do the same benches n compare up the results

e7300 at 3.38 Ghz
Asus p5kpl-cm
2 gb DDR2 DHX 1014 (5-5-5-15-2T)
MSI GTX 460 HAWK Stock & 900/1050/1800
1600x900

i3 530 @ 2.93 Ghz
Asus p7 h55d M pro
2 gb corsair value select ram
MSI GTX 460 HAWK Stock & 900/1050/1800
1600*900

i tried to make the settings as identical as possible but still plus minus are expected

Stock Settings



OC Settings



Vantage Stock run

e7300


i3 530


Vantage OC run
e7300



i3 530


Stone Giant Stock
e7300


i3 530


Stone Giant OC
e7300


i3 530


Heaven Benchmark Stock
e7300


i3 530


Heaven Benchmark OC
e7300


i3 530


MAFIA II



APEX Medium Stock
e7300


i3 530


APEX Medium OC


APEX High Stock
e7300


i3 530


APEX Medium OC
e7300


Mafia II showed no gain with the overclocked GPU.i need a better CPU or some 4 core machine

RE 5 Stock
e7300


i3 530


i Couldnt get the OC run of resident evil it kept on closing no n then

Black Ops
e7300


Black ops also showed same performance when thrown to an OC GPU.With both run fps averaged around 51









i3 530
Yet to be compiled

Bad Company 2 Stock
e7300


This game loves to have 4 threads/cores under it
Avg at 35 while min were alarming at 18









i3 530






i3 fps avg around 50 not sure

NOTE:no Bad company oc run on either systems

GTA IV stock
e7300


i3 530


GTA IV OC

e7300


e7300 Shots




i3 530 Shots




i3 530

So in the end its your decision to either get the new machine or stick with your old one n compromise some fps here and there and i am a guy who can compromise a couple fps n stick with my old pal

Special thanx to waris for volunteering his Hawk and achabacha for guiding the path n keeping minor details in perspective

comments/suggestions and feedbacks are encouraged

[AcHa BaChA]

Ehm Ehm Ehm........Nice Comparison and alot of effort. Keep up the good work!!

[HMS1193]

Great Comparison Farid..

E7500 sure can perform well in most of the games but current gen like Mafia2, Conviction, Just Cause2, Metro 2033 and BF:BC2 love extra cores and threads..

[Waris Arsh]

nice comparison
n ya as HMS says these games can truly utilize the power of extra threads
n most of games are very much gpu dependent
e7*** series with bit overclocking ill d serve the purpose
and ur BF:BC2 frames are r low
i3 performs awesome in BF:BC2
n my gameplay screen shots are on stock settings(cpu and gpu both)

anyways Gud effort

---------- Post added at 07:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:40 PM ----------

Ehm Ehm Ehm........Nice Comparison and alot of effort. Keep up the good work!!

yar u got ur benchies
ab sakon mila ap ko ??
lolz

ye ap ki farmaish ka nateja hai

---------- Post added at 07:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:41 PM ----------

@ farid
want to ask something
in all benchies e7300 was on 3.38 GHZ ???

[FaridAhmed]

HMS aaaa e7300 actually

thanx guyz
yes ofcourse where 4 cores are properly programmed they will be utilized but still not bad results for a c2d

yes waris cpu was at 3.38 during all tests

[AcHa BaChA]

^YEah,...I have been directing farid how to do the benchies. Truly....this guide just be stickied:!!

[Waris Arsh]

^YEah,...I have been directing farid how to do the benchies. Truly....this guide just be stickied:!!

hmm i know thats
n cha gaye ho bhai
hame b guide kar dia karo

---------- Post added at 07:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:56 PM ----------

thanx guyz
yes ofcourse where 4 cores are properly programmed they will be utilized but still not bad results for a c2d

yes waris cpu was at 3.38 during all tests

hmm these result are very gud for most of the games

[musab]

how much can i overclock my e8500 with coolermaster n520??? casing is gladiator 600 with 5 fans

[skullbox]

You should be able to take it to around 4.2Ghz easily. I have used n520 with e8400 in the past and it easily clocked to 4.0Ghz. PG user Ferrari has also taken it to over 4.4ghz on the n520.

---------- Post added at 10:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:33 PM ----------

And great comparison faridahmed should help alot of people.

[Waris Arsh]

how much can i overclock my e8500 with coolermaster n520??? casing is gladiator 600 with 5 fans

i think 3.8ghz to 4.0ghz
depends on ur mobo n rams as well
n this thread is not for this type of discussion