World in Conflict

Both cards react eagerly to the acceleration of the platform in World of Conflict. Of course, this is more conspicuous with the GeForce GTX 295 than with the GeForce GTX 285. The Core i7 is astonishing again, being far faster than the 4GHz Core 2 Quad.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is not a new game but its speed is limited by the graphics subsystem in the FSAA + AF mode. Moreover, the faster GeForce GTX 295 loses to the GeForce GTX 285 at 1920x1200. Considering that SLI technology works quite normally in this application, I can suppose that the dual-processor card just lacks graphics memory since the GeForce GTX 285 has an extra 128 megabytes.

Comparing the platforms in the easier graphics mode, the Core i7 is faster than its predecessor at the default as well as overclocked frequencies. The GeForce GTX 285 becomes indifferent to the change of the CPU at 1920x1200 without FSAA and AF whereas the GeForce GTX 295 really needs a fast CPU for this game.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare MP

The graphics cards react well to the acceleration of the whole platform in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, too. It is the first time that the Core i7 920 is somewhat slower than the Core 2 Quad QX9650 at the default frequencies, but only with the GeForce GTX 285 graphics card. We don’t see the same thing with the more advanced GeForce GTX 295 – the platform with the newer CPU is ahead in every mode. Each graphics card delivers a comfortable frame rate in every test mode but the GeForce GTX 295 shows better scalability than the GeForce GTX 285.

Unreal Tournament 3

Unreal Tournament 3 produces interesting numbers. Despite the high frame rate in each mode, the GeForce GTX 295 shows excellent scalability on the Core i7 platform. Although such a high frame rate has no practical value, the Core i7 enjoys an impressive 22% advantage over the overclocked Core 2 Quad.