Important Info for Gamers on a budget!

Hi, i recently bought an e1705 with a 1.66 core duo and a 7800 go. i wanted to see how good the CPU was in games. so i ran doom 3 at 1600X1200 ultra quality with all settings turned up exept antiailising, windowed with the task manager off to the side. To my supprise, neither of the CPUs processors got abouve 50 % usage! I then ran Oblivion at 1024X768 at mostly high settings windowed, and to my supprise again, the prossesors didn't get abouve 75%! i even tried to stress it a little, by stacking everything i could find in a room like books and cups ect and then moving them around, but it still wouldn't move abouve 75% The only game i can find that will max it out is fear. The moral is, if you a gamer on a budget, you dont have to upgrade the processor, consider upgrading other things like RAM first. i am no expert, so i would like any comments anyone has.

 

Wow! Thats great to hear

 

Yeah, the T2300 is a very powerful CPU, even though it is the slowest Core Duo.

If you can afford it, upgrading other parts would give you better performance overall, however a CPU is much harder to upgrade later than a HD or RAM, so that's another thing to consider. Of course local shops could probably do it, and the more tech savvy people could as well, it's still not as easy as unscrewing a few things and popping something in.

 

Yup, PCs are traditionally CPU top heavy when it comes to configuration. For gaming, your money is much better spent on getting the best GPU rather than CPU... notwithstanding Reize's comment above about the difficulty of upgrading CPUs after purchase.

RAM will certainly help with games like FEAR and Oblivion too, but this is a simple upgrade so it's often best to do this yourself after purchase.

 

Yep the Core Duo is a perfect processor. I prefer the T2400 varient though

Charlie