6990 vs GTX 590

[udidwht]

Originally Posted by kalimba

I hear you...I think that we have to first know, regarding COD, what will be the "bottleneck" in terms of performances...It could be the CPU itself...
So a top dual video card may be useless for now...
Since the I7 2600K is the fastest CPU , and costs only $325.00, we may
be quite ok with mid perfomance cards if we get a fast CPU like the I7...
We will know in few hours !

Salute!

The i7 2600k is not the fastest CPU. That would be the following:

i7 995x @ 3.60ghz

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

[Porksmuggler]

Originally Posted by udidwht

The i7 2600k is not the fastest CPU. That would be the following:

i7 995x @ 3.60ghz

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

fastest at passmark by a hair, but you do realize there are other benchmarks where it's not faster, right? Like any benchmark that's not heavily threaded...

Oh, and good luck finding a 995X, and since you have more money than brains, have fun spending about 4x what the 2600K cost.

[udidwht]

Originally Posted by Porksmuggler

fastest at passmark by a hair, but you do realize there are other benchmarks where it's not faster, right? Like any benchmark that's not heavily threaded...

Oh, and good luck finding a 995X, and since you have more money than brains, have fun spending about 4x what the 2600K cost.

We'll stick with what he specifically stated. Not what's the wisest choice dollar for dollar. Fastest it's not. Even when it might be by just a hair. No problem on my end finding a 995x....readily available where I'm at.