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    Does the extra mhz do much on a CPU?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Darbyjack, Sep 4, 2008.

  1. Darbyjack

    Darbyjack Notebook Evangelist

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    Let's say you get a laptop with 4GB RAM and a powerful GPU such as an 8800GTX...

    Would there be a noticeable difference when you have either a 2.4Ghz Intel CPU or a 2.8Ghz Intel Extreme CPU?

    EDIT: For games lol. E.g. Crysis (which seems to be a popular benchmark nowadays)
     
    Darbyjack, Sep 4, 2008
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  2. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Not really, unless your doing ALOT of CPU heavy tasks and/or have the 2.8 OC'd.
     
    Thaenatos, Sep 4, 2008
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    It depends on what you're doing. A lot of cases RAM will make the system feel more responsive but for intensive processing applications then extra CPU speed will increase performance of whatever task you're running.
     
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  4. Thaenatos

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    I also didnt factor cache, FSB speed, brand and general architecture. My statement above assumes all four are the same.
     
    Thaenatos, Sep 4, 2008
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  5. Darbyjack

    Darbyjack Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, same for the other factors.

    And I meant for gaming sorry, my bad.
     
    Darbyjack, Sep 4, 2008
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    Even for gaming there will be no noticeable difference.
     
    Thaenatos, Sep 4, 2008
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    Your GPU will bottleneck before anything else.
     
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  8. Darbyjack

    Darbyjack Notebook Evangelist

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    Wow... It seems like paying £hundreds more for extra Mhz seems very pointless! I think I will get a laptop with an Intel Dual Core 2.4Ghz or something rather than the "extreme" 2.8Ghz.
     
    Darbyjack, Sep 4, 2008
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    Getting the extreme CPU is for people who do heavy encoding, or people who have to have the best.
     
    Thaenatos, Sep 4, 2008
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  10. Xirurg

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    we proved in clovo forum that cpu has a big impact in crysis(we compared q9550 to 9650)
     
    Xirurg, Sep 4, 2008
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    This is only true in some cases but don't be too quick to think CPU is pointless. In applications which require heavy processing, that extra few cycles per second can add up to quite a performance boost, and yes there are some games that can benefit from this extra processing power. But as others have said, GPU's are often the bottleneck and more performance per dollar can seen in a better GPU and faster/more system memory.
     
    rschauby, Sep 4, 2008
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  12. Darbyjack

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    I'd like to see this, since I want a laptop that can play Crysis with high settings.
     
    Darbyjack, Sep 4, 2008
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    Since this is a gaming forum, for RTS games, CPU is important since it manages hundreds if not thousands (Supreme Commander) of units simultaneously. Flight Sims are also more CPU than GPU hogs.

    But for most cases, FPS and other genre games are much more GPU dependent.
     
    HTWingNut, Sep 4, 2008
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    Supreme commander is more CPU intensive because of the physics
     
    yoseph90, Sep 5, 2008
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