Core i5-661 CPU Review
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
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Half-Life 2 is a popular franchise and we benchmarked the video cards using Episode Two with the aid of HOC Half-Life 2 Episode Two benchmarking utility using the “HOC Demo 1” provided by this program. We ran the game under 1024×768 with no anti-aliasing and bilinear filtering, i.e., using the lowest image quality possible. The results, given in frames per second, you see below.
On Half-Life 2: Episode Two the integrated graphics from Core i5-661 was 20% faster than AMD 785G’s with a Phenom II X4 965. A GeForce 9600 GT proved to be 185% faster than the integrated graphics from Core i5-661. With this video card installed Core i5-750 was 45% faster and Phenom II X4 965 was 39% faster.
Also notice how we got around 48 frames per second with the integrated video from Core i5-661: though not the best in the world, this performance level at least allows you to play this game with all image enhancements disabled.