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**br`lorance** · 11-16-2006, 07:06 AM

Two questions,does 3dmark actually utilise quad core?,and how can some people be so quick to jump on the "8800's are bottlenecked with quad core systems" bandwagon when there's not really any to beleive it to be true yet.

I'm sure the score went up with clockspeed,but I'm pretty sure nothing was tested that makes anything more than superficial use of a quad core cpu yet and that this conclusion is extremely premature.

True 3Dmark isn't multi threaded except on the CPU tests, BUT the drivers are and the load goes up when you use SLI. The core 2 quad was just what they used to get a higher CPU score, and thus a higher overall score. The Guru3d benchmarks clearly show an advantage to a fast CPU.

This review clearly states these cards are CPU bottlenecked, even in single card situations.

CPU scaling with G80.

11-16-2006, 07:06 AM	#27
br`lorance Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 442 Senior Member	Two questions,does 3dmark actually utilise quad core?,and how can some people be so quick to jump on the "8800's are bottlenecked with quad core systems" bandwagon when there's not really any to beleive it to be true yet. I'm sure the score went up with clockspeed,but I'm pretty sure nothing was tested that makes anything more than superficial use of a quad core cpu yet and that this conclusion is extremely premature. True 3Dmark isn't multi threaded except on the CPU tests, BUT the drivers are and the load goes up when you use SLI. The core 2 quad was just what they used to get a higher CPU score, and thus a higher overall score. The Guru3d benchmarks clearly show an advantage to a fast CPU. This review clearly states these cards are CPU bottlenecked, even in single card situations. CPU scaling with G80.
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