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CR6
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Canada
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 Posted - 02/09/2003 : 9:55:26 PM
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When upgrading your gaming rig, you want to know how to get the biggest bang for your buck. A couple hardware articles have come to our attention lately that have featured Ghost Recon in their benchmarks.
Thanks to GR.net for pointing out that Ace's Hardware has posted Desert Siege benchmarks with various CPU/GPU combos. Here's a snippet from their conclusion:In the more strategy-oriented first person shooters -- namely Ghost Recon [...] the NPC and enemy AI can make or break the game. The amount of time spent in AI routines has percentage-wise grown enormously. Back in 1999, AI demanded about 1-4% of the CPU's power. Today, CPUs are spending up to 25% of their time crunching through AI algorithms. CPU power is thus getting more important for many such games. The good people over SimHQ have recently reviewed Intel's current flagship Pentium 4 3.06GHz, which is notable for its new Hyper-Threading technology. (HT basically makes a single CPU behave like a dual processor). See how SimHQ's standardized Ghost Recon benchmark performed with the fastest CPU available today. Here's a snippet from the review:As you can see, the new Hyper-Threading enabled 3.06GHz CPU makes quite an impact on simulations that benefit from extra threads. Increases in IL2, Falcon 4.0, Comanche 4 [...] The scores from CFS2, Flanker 2.5, Ghost Recon and FS2002 remain unchanged with Hyper-Threading. |
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CPU vs. Video Card Upgrade for GR
