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    Cpu Rate

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by richy1986, Feb 1, 2010.

  1. richy1986

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    What is the Intel Core 2 Duo CPU P735 (2.0ghz), rated at, 3.3ghz?
     
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Where does it say that the P7350 is "rated" at 3.3GHz? It's a 2GHz chip as your first figure implies... and unless you overclock it, you aren't going to get more than 2GHz.
     
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    www.canyourunit.com after checking if I can run a game, it shows me a list of my specs and this is what it shows me under cpu.

    CPU Speed
    Minimum: Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported
    You Have: 2.00 GHz Performance Rated at: 3.3 GHz
     
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    makes sense since a core 2 duo is basically 2 core processors running, right?
     
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Back when they first started making dual-core chips, some people considered a 2GHz dual-core a "4GHz" chip. In an ideal world, 2 cores at 2GHz would be the equivalent of one of those cores running at 4GHz, but in the real world, performance doesn't scale that way.

    I'm guessing that site has it's own rating system that compares processors to each other or to the requirements stated, so you cannot just say "oh, so and so processor is rated at 3.3GHz, right?", because this is not a universally accepted metric.
     
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    Unreasnbl Notebook Guru

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    That's odd. I ran that test on my M1530 2.1 Ghz T8100 C2D.What it says depends on what game you select.

    For WOW it says: You Have: 2.09 GHz Performance Rated at: 3.4485 GHz
    For Crysis Warhead it says: You Have: 2.09 GHz

    Apparently, if it passes the test you get the high number. If it fails the test you get the actual number.
     
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    weak... lol
     
    richy1986, Feb 1, 2010
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