MPEG Encoding
Normally, a little DivX – MPEG 5.0 action takes place, but Handbrake just seems far easier for just about anyone to use and essentially accomplishes the same objective. It’s been used here at home for many a project as well as at various Intel LANFests for demonstration purposes.
Here, you can see how the Hyper-threads can benefit a processor. The Lynnfield i7 870 is within striking distance of the Bloomfield i7 965. However, the single threaded quad core i5 750 takes longer as expected. It still manages encoding a little quicker than the faster Q9650 which doesn’t have an integrated memory controller.
Lynnfield Gaming Performance
Crysis, Farcry 2, World at War, Left 4 Dead, and Mirror’s Edge were used to show you two very important concepts when it comes to most every Intel processor available. Let’s see if you can pick up on them after looking at the benchmarks.
Crysis
You’ve heard it over 1,000 times already and you’ll hear it again; Crysis is still a super intensive game title that will fully tax any system on the planet. As you can see, the Lynnfield is very strong!
Farcry 2
Again, frame rates are very close and not too terribly a challenge for each system tested. It sure helps frames though when you’ve got processing power.
World at War
Despite massive scenes of utter chaos and texture rendering, all of the systems are very playable and smooth. This is how we get our game on around here!
Left 4 Dead
Even though the game engine is antiquated, it gives you and idea of how the older game titles like Counterstrike will fare. This could be the last time you’ll see this demo. Well, at least until Left 4 Dead 2 arrives.