First Look: AMD's Phenom processors

December 13, 2007 | 09:00

Tags: #26 #22 #23 #24 #9500 #9600 #9700 #agena #analysis #benchmarks #cpu #encoding #ghz #mp3 #pcmark #performance #phenom #review #testing

Companies: #amd #divx

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

Publisher: Capcom

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Snow)

1280x960 0xAA 0xAF, Maximum Quality, DX10

  • Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (2x3.20GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9900 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9700 (4x2.4GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9500 ES (4x2.2GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9600 ES (4x2.3GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • 61.7
  • 61.7
  • 61.7
  • 61.4
  • 61.3
  • 60.7
  • 60.5
  • 59.8
  • 51.6
  • 51.3
  • 51.1
  • 50.4
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Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Cave)

1280x960 0xAA 0xAF, Maximum Quality, DX10

  • Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Phenom 9900 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9700 (4x2.4GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9500 ES (4x2.2GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9600 ES (4x2.3GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (2x3.20GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • 83.1
  • 80.7
  • 79.3
  • 76.8
  • 66.2
  • 65.4
  • 65.3
  • 64.7
  • 62.9
  • 56.2
  • 50.3
  • 47.0
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It seems the Lost Planet "MT Framework" engine uses more cores efficiently when you're in the Cave level, but not when you're out in the Snow. The Phenoms beat their dual-core blue rivals until you get outside where suddenly the performance really tanks. The "MT" part stands for "Multi-Threaded" because it's optimised for systems like the Xbox 360 and PS3, but it also seems that a combination of cores and sheer MHz is what you need here.

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Snow)

1920x1200 0xAA 0xAF, Maximum Quality, DX10

  • Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (2x3.20GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9900 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9700 (4x2.4GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9600 ES (4x2.3GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9500 ES (4x2.2GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • 37.5
  • 37.4
  • 37.2
  • 37.1
  • 36.8
  • 36.7
  • 36.6
  • 36.6
  • 30.3
  • 30.1
  • 30.1
  • 30.1
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Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Cave)

1920x1200 0xAA 0xAF, Maximum Quality, DX10

  • Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (2x3.20GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9900 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9700 (4x2.4GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9600 ES (4x2.3GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9500 ES (4x2.2GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • 50.1
  • 50.1
  • 50.0
  • 49.9
  • 49.6
  • 49.0
  • 49.0
  • 46.2
  • 39.6
  • 39.4
  • 39.0
  • 38.9
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Average Frames Per Second - higher is better

At high resolution the need for raw speed seems overwhelming, even four cores can't save the Phenom and the less than single frame per second performance increase between 2.2GHz and 2.6GHz is hardly something to write home about.
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