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Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770

Published on 12th February 2008 by Richard Swinburne

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

Publisher: Capcom

Core 2 Extreme QX9770 (4x3.20GHz, 1600MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (2x3.20GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
Phenom 9900 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
Phenom 9700 (4x2.4GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
Phenom 9600 Black Edn (4x2.3GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)

62.0
61.7
61.7
61.7
61.4
61.3
60.7
60.5
59.8
51.6
51.3
50.8

Average Frames Per Second - higher is better

Core 2 Extreme QX9770 (4x3.20GHz, 1600MHz FSB)
Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
Phenom 9900 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
Phenom 9700 (4x2.4GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
Phenom 9600 Black Edn (4x2.3GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
Phenom 9600 ES (4x2.3GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (2x3.20GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)

84.0
83.1
80.7
79.3
76.8
66.2
65.4
65.3
64.7
62.9
56.2
50.3
47.0

Average Frames Per Second - higher is better

Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Extreme QX9770 (4x3.20GHz, 1600MHz FSB)
Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (2x3.20GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
Phenom 9900 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
Phenom 9700 (4x2.4GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
Phenom 9600 Black Edn (4x2.3GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)

37.5
37.4
37.4
37.2
37.1
36.8
36.7
36.6
36.6
30.3
30.1
29.8

Average Frames Per Second - higher is better

Core 2 Extreme QX9770 (4x3.20GHz, 1600MHz FSB)
Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (2x3.20GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
Phenom 9900 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
Phenom 9700 (4x2.4GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
Phenom 9600 Black Edn (4x2.3GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)

50.3
50.1
50.1
50.0
49.9
49.6
49.0
49.0
46.2
39.6
39.4
39.0

Average Frames Per Second - higher is better

Lost Planet doesn't scale as well as we'd like, even despite more cores, more cache and faster buses. Between the Q6600 and QX9770 you're only getting at most less than 10fps and at worst, 1-2fps. But, it is still the fastest (three times out of four) so you get what you pay for.