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    performance question

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by evax, Oct 24, 2006.

  1. evax

    evax Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys my bud is lookin at gettin a gaming notebook but he came to me with a question(and i dont know the answer so i come to you guys and your vast knowledge :) ).lets say the notebook in question has 2gb ram, a go7900gtx , but has a 1.8ghz core duo processor. would the processor be too slow? would it hurt gaming performance much?
     
    evax, Oct 24, 2006
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  2. Odin5578

    Odin5578 Notebook Evangelist

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    Nope, it should be great. At least that's what I think :).

    Considering you posted this in the gaming section I assume he plans to be gaming with it. In truth games rely much more heavily on the GPU and RAM and not so much on the CPU. A good CPU will definitly increase performace but that's a pretty good CPU, I think. He shouldn't have a problem.
     
    Odin5578, Oct 25, 2006
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  3. TedJ

    TedJ Asus fan in a can!

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    The 1.83GHz CPU will be plenty for gaming. Your graphics card is the bottleneck at all but the lowest resolutions.
     
    TedJ, Oct 25, 2006
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    ikovac Cooler and faster... NBR Reviewer

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    RAM GPU CPU in that order. RAM is easiest.
     
    ikovac, Oct 25, 2006
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    alexejrm Notebook Consultant

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    depens on the game, there are CPU hungry games too.
     
    alexejrm, Oct 25, 2006
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    chrisyano Hall Monitor NBR Reviewer

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    Don't worry about the processor. A 1.83 Core Duo is plenty fast.
     
    chrisyano, Oct 25, 2006
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