Intel Xeon W5580: Nehalem EP

Written by James Gorbold

March 30, 2009 | 19:57

Tags: #analysis #benchmark #comparison #crazy-but-cool #dual-processor #hpc #nehalem #nehalem-ep #opteron #performance #review #server #smp #workstation #wprime #xeon

Companies: #intel #test

Crysis

Website: Crysis

Crysis is seen by many as the poster boy for DirectX 10 and it will make your system quite literally fall over crying if it's not up to – it’s a monster of an engine! It doesn’t come as much of a surprise then, that the graphics are something special – they’re above and beyond anything we’ve ever seen in a PC game even still.

We used the 1.2 patch and range the game in 64-bit and DirectX 9 mode in a custom level run through.

Crysis (minimum frame rate)

1,280x1,024 2xAA, All High Settings

  • 2 x Intel Xeon W5580
  • 2 x Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775
  • 2 x Intel Xeon X5482
  • 2 x AMD Opteron 2382
  • 36
  • 28
  • 26
  • 21
0
10
20
30
40
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Crysis (average frame rate)

1,280x1,024 2xAA, All High Settings

  • 2 x Intel Xeon W5580
  • 2 x Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775
  • 2 x Intel Xeon X5482
  • 2 x AMD Opteron 2382
  • 47
  • 38
  • 34
  • 28
0
10
20
30
40
50
Frames Per Second - higher is better

X3: Terran Conflict

Website: X3: Terran Conflict

The space simulator X3: Terran Conflict makes a good benchmark for any high-end CPU, as its complex economic model and mammoth playing environment give the processor lots to think about.

X3: Terran Conflict (minimum frame rate)

1,280x1,024 2xAA 2xAF, All High Settings

  • 2 x Intel Xeon W5580
  • 2 x Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775
  • 2 x Intel Xeon X5482
  • 2 x AMD Opteron 2382
  • 44
  • 39
  • 38
  • 30
0
10
20
30
40
Frames Per Second - higher is better

X3: Terran Conflict (average frame rate)

1,280x1,024 2xAA 2xAF, All High Settings

  • 2 x Intel Xeon W5580
  • 2 x Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775
  • 2 x Intel Xeon X5482
  • 2 x AMD Opteron 2382
  • 91
  • 72
  • 69
  • 65
0
25
50
75
100
Frames Per Second - higher is better

A lot of the blame for the poor gaming performance of the older Xeons and Skulltrail CPUs can be laid at the door of their slow FBDIMM memory, so it’s great to see that the Nehalem EP platform has finally laid this spectre to rest.
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