So - whats your FPS on the new Black Death track?

If you're going to clock that to 4.5ghz remember to disable HT in the BIOS or you'll have temp problems. Disable HT anyway, it's rubbish in games and bugger all real use anywhere else unless you're a professional image/footage/music editor or sumthin.

[mazex]

Originally Posted by Langnasen

If you're going to clock that to 4.5ghz remember to disable HT in the BIOS or you'll have temp problems. Disable HT anyway, it's rubbish in games and bugger all real use anywhere else unless you're a professional image/footage/music editor or sumthin.

Thanks for the advice. I was so close to buying the i5 for that reason but as the price difference is so small anyway I bought is for "future use", and will disable HT as you said and hope I will get some use of it some time At least I have a bit more L3 cache

That was why I went for the 2500k, spending the extra for a feature that I'd never use AND would cause issues in getting a good OC didn't make a lot of sense (though I was tempted for the reasons you give). The extra cache doesn't make any difference either according to benchmarks. The onboard graphics are a waste too, don't know what Intel were thinking of with that.

[lbuchele]

I had Min 19 Max 152 everything Maxed , SSAO turned off 1920x1200 res

[mazex]

Originally Posted by lbuchele

I had Min 19 Max 152 everything Maxed , SSAO turned off 1920x1200 res

Sounds good! And the average?

[choctaw111]

This will be an interesting thread and am looking forward to reading more.

[Rattlehead]

Using your settings above, (1900x1080)

Min-0
Avg-31
Max-93

Intel dual core@3ghz
Ati 5870
4 gig ram
wind 7 64-bit

[Seeker]

What Black Death trap??

[Heinz Laube]

min 2...avg 40... max 102 on default high setting

1920*1080

[smellydad]

Wish I'd waited a few months for a Sandy Bridge

On default high settings, no AA or SSAO etc.

Min - 10

Max - 131

Avg - 59.155

Everything at very high, 8 x AA (supposedly) and SSAO on:

Min - 9

Max - 99

Avg - 48.498

i7 950@3.5GHz
6GB DDR3
GTX580 1.5GB