Intel Sandy Bridge E Debuts Core I7 3960X Reviewed Gaming Performance

The Core i7-3960X roughly matched the performance of the Sandy Bridge processors when testing with Just Cause 2, though this test is primarily GPU bound as is the case with most games when tested at standard (playing) resolutions. Nothing too different when testing with The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The new Core i7 EE was a fraction slower than the original Sandy Bridge CPUs. Interestingly the Core i7-3960X was able to pull through when testing with Crysis 2, though the margins were minimal.