For the 3D gaming tests, all platforms used the ATI Radeon X1950 XTX. Anti-aliasing was set at 4x while anisotropic filtering was set at 16x. We would have chosen more CPU dependant graphics settings; however, we opted upon simulating a more realistic test environment.

3D Mark contains a benchmark that is tailored specifically testing CPU power. For this reason we see the Core 2 Extreme QX6700 blowing away all other processors in terms of performance in the second benchmark.

In F.E.A.R., nearly all processors scored similar to each other in minimum FPS. The only exception was E6300 which scored a minimum of 20 FPS. We believe that the lower frame rate we see for the E6300 is less of a true performance issue and more of a specific compatibility issue F.E.A.R. has with the E6300.