CPU Performance

While testing different processors with Call of Duty: Black Ops, it became apparent that quad-core processors offered considerably better functioning. Earlier we show you lot the results, here's a quick CPU utilization screenshot.

Call of Duty: Black Ops can have advantage of four cores and is undoubtedly optimized for the electric current crop of chips. In fact, the game relies so heavily on all iv cores that we plant it almost unplayable (OK, that may exist exaggerating a chip) on even the fastest dual-cadre CPU. That said, AMD'south triple-cadre Athlon 2 and Phenom 2 processors did provide lag gratuitous functioning.

Although it is a CPU leap game, Blackness Ops doesn't rely on a processor's L3 cache to perform at its best. The quad-core Athlon II processor X4 645 was merely 6fps slower than the hexa-core Phenom 2 X6. Moreover, six cores are a waste in this game and the Phenom Two X4 970 proved that added frequency is more valuable.

Something that's immediately apparent when looking at the above graph is the fact that the Cadre i5 and i7 processors are far superior to annihilation else nosotros tested. For case, when paired with the Radeon Hard disk drive 5970, the Core i5 750 was a staggering 29% faster than the Phenom II X4 970, which nosotros might add is clocked 32% more aggressively.

The Core i3 540 on the other hand crashed and burned, with just 42fps on average, making it surprisingly slower than the Cadre 2 Duo E8500. Clearly, Hyper-Threading technology was of little assist here.