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Intel Core i7-3770K - A Performance Analysis
Results - Far Cry 2 & Battlefield Bad Company 2
Results - Far Cry 2 & Battlefield Bad Company 2
For these games, the resolution and game settings are not too taxing for our graphics card so that we can ascertain if there are any performance benefits with higher-end processors. The scores for Far Cry 2 point to mainstream processors as the winners with the Sandy Bridge-E CPUs lagging slightly behind. In the Battlefield benchmark, the CPUs were churning out the similar scores.
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The Verdict
The Good
Relatively good performance
Power efficiency has improved
Easier to overclock
Integrated 16-lane PCIe 3.0 controller
The Bad
No major architectural changes in CPU
Integrated graphics performance could be better
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