Which is the faster CPU: old but high-end or entry-level and new? – Part 2
Battlefield 4 and Dirt Rally
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Battlefield 4
Battlefield 4 is the latest installment in the Battlefield franchise, released in 2013. It is based on the Frostbite 3 engine, which is DirectX 11. In order to measure performance using this game, we walked our way through the first mission, measuring the number of frames per second three times using FRAPS. We ran this game at 1920 x 1080, setting overall image quality at “high.”
The results below are expressed in frames per second (fps) and they are the mean between the three collected results.
In this test, the Core 2 Quad Q8300 was only 4% slower than the Pentium G3220, and 6% slower than the Core i3-4150. We can consider that, on this test, all the CPUs performed similarly.
Dirt Rally
Dirt Rally is an off-road racing game released in April 2015, using Ego engine. To measure performance using this game, we ran the performance test included in the game, in 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) resolution and image quality configured as “high” and MSAA off.
The results below are expressed in frames per second (fps).
In this game, the Core 2 Quad Q8300 was 29% slower than the Pentium G3220 and 36% slower than the Core i3-4150.