AMD Phenom X4 9350e - 65W quad-core

Item: AMD Phenom X4 9350e - 65W quad-core
Author: Richard Swinburne

Written by Richard Swinburne

July 24, 2008 | 09:06

Tags: #overclocking

Companies: #amd

World in Conflict

Publisher: Sierra

We regard World in Conflict as one of the best real-time strategy games we've ever played. It's based on Microsoft's DirectX 10 API and, in collaboration with Nvidia's The Way It's Meant To Be Played developer support team, it incorporates some DirectX 10 specific graphics effects.

For our testing purposes, we used a full retail copy of the game and patched it to version 1.007, which includes a few fixes and some improved performance under DirectX 10.

The built-in benchmark is incredibly CPU limited, throwing masses of smoke and particle effects into the scene, making this great for testing CPU performance. In-game performance isn't quite as CPU limited as the benchmark, but it still is to some extent meaning that a good CPU is important for optimal performance in this game.

Core 2 Duo E8500 (2x3.16GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E8400 (2x3.0GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E8200 (2x2.66GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.0GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1,066MHz FSB)
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1,066MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.66GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E6550 (2x2.33GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
Phenom X4 9850 (4x2.5GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
Athlon X2 6400+ (2x3.2GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
Phenom X4 9750 (4x2.4GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
AMD Phenom X3 8750 (3x2.4GHz 1.8GHz HTT)
Core 2 Duo E4500 (2x2.20GHz, 800MHz FSB)
Phenom X4 9550 (4x2.2GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
Athlon X2 6000+ (2x3.0GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
Phenom X4 9600 (4x2.3GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
Phenom X4 9500 (4x2.2GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
Phenom X4 9350e (4x2.0GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
Phenom X4 9350e (4x2.0GHz, 1.8GHz HTT, CnQ Enabled)

- 85.3
- 51.0
- 83.3
- 46.7
- 79.7
- 39.0
- 79.0
- 41.3
- 78.7
- 48.0
- 75.3
- 45.3
- 75.3
- 36.7
- 74.0
- 35.0
- 66.3
- 35.0
- 63.0
- 28.7
- 62.7
- 34.7
- 62.3
- 32.7
- 62.0
- 27.7
- 60.0
- 30.7
- 59.0
- 24.3
- 58.7
- 29.0
- 58.0
- 27.7
- 54.3
- 22.3
- 49.0
- 10.0

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Frames Per Second - higher is better

Average
Minimum

Core 2 Duo E8500 (2x3.16GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E8400 (2x3.0GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1,066MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E8200 (2x2.66GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.0GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1,066MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.66GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
Phenom X4 9850 (4x2.5GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
Core 2 Duo E6550 (2x2.33GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
Athlon X2 6400+ (2x3.2GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
Phenom X4 9750 (4x2.4GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
Phenom X3 8750 (3x2.4GHz 1.8GHz HTT)
Phenom X4 9550 (4x2.2GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
Phenom X4 9600 (4x2.3GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
Phenom X4 9500 (4x2.2GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
Core 2 Duo E4500 (2x2.20GHz, 800MHz FSB)
Athlon X2 6000+ (2x3.0GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
Phenom X4 9350e (4x2.0GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
Phenom X4 9350e (4x2.0GHz, 1.8GHz HTT, CnQ Enabled)

- 46.0
- 27.7
- 45.3
- 27.0
- 44.3
- 27.3
- 44.0
- 24.0
- 44.0
- 25.7
- 43.3
- 27.3
- 42.7
- 25.0
- 41.0
- 23.0
- 40.7
- 20.0
- 39.7
- 19.7
- 39.7
- 22.0
- 39.0
- 21.7
- 38.3
- 21.0
- 37.7
- 20.7
- 37.0
- 19.3
- 36.3
- 14.0
- 35.7
- 16.3
- 35.7
- 16.7
- 33.3
- 11.0

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10

20

30

40

50

Frames Per Second - higher is better

Average
Minimum

Again we see the same sort of results as in Crysis - the 9350e tanks in games: 10 frames per second is not a smooth, playable minimum. In comparison, the E8400 is the same price and two- to four-fold faster.