It's important for us to perform a number of game benchmarks as well as the synthetic tests because gamers will want to know if there are any significant benefits. So here we have a selection of popular gaming titles, critically acclaimed and action-packed.
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DIRT 3
- 1680x1050 4xMSAA – Ultra Quality *Benchmark tool*
Skyrim
- 1680x1050 2xAA – Very High Quality *FRAPS – 1st episode*
Battlefield 3
- 1680x1050 2xAA – Ultra Quality *FRAPS – Sepur Fedelis*
The gaming titles selected demand GPU power over CPU power – in each test the difference is rather marginal except with BF3 where the results for the 3570K drop slightly when compared to 2500K and 3770K.
