Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Review

Written by James Gorbold

March 11, 2010 | 04:50

Tags: #980x #benchmark #best #compare #compared #core-i7 #core-i9 #extreme #extreme-edition #lga1366 #rated #recommended #review #reviewed #tested #x58

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X3:Terran Conflict

Publisher: EgoSoft

X3: Terran Conflict is the latest space-based trading and fighting game in the X3 series. It uses masses of polygons and geometry to create the complex ships and so is a very stressful test for a CPU.

Remember that it's the CPU that constructs the wire-frame models of game objects, before a GPU can apply texture and lighting.

To run the benchmark, first download the rolling demo and set the graphics options as below. Then remember to tick the 'Run as benchmark' box and hit go. We average the results of the four component tests to give a single minimum and average frame rate.

Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Review Gaming: X3: Terran Conflict Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Review Gaming: X3: Terran Conflict

X3: Terran Conflict

1,680 x 1,050, no AA or AF

  • Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (4.72GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (4.4GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition (4.27GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-930 (4.3GHz)
  • AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (3.99GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (3.33GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition (3.33GHz)
  • Intel Core i7-930 (2.8GHz)
  • AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (3.4GHz)
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Frame rate (fps), higher is better. Blue: stock sp
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  • Average

Read the Overclocking page to see how we acheived our overclocks, and the Performance Analysis page for what these results mean.
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