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    CPU and games

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by OMJ, Aug 9, 2006.

  1. OMJ

    OMJ Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm going to buy a laptop with a 1.83Ghz Intel Core Duo T2400 and a Geforce Go 7600 256Mb.

    Does games such as FEAR and Condemned: Criminal Origins run smooth on this laptop. A good graphics card is of course most important, but does the frequency of the CPU matter that much? If the system requirements says the game needs a 2Ghz Pentium 4 to run, does it mean that the game wont run with a T2400, no matter what graphics card you have.
     
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  2. gethin

    gethin Notebook Evangelist

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    No, with laptops the CPU frequency matters very little, since the GPU is by far the biggest bottleneck. You could run a 1.66 core duo against a 2.33 and you wouldnt see much improvement at all. plus a 1.83 core duo is the same speed as a 2.8-3 ghz p4 (probably even faster)

    So in answer to your question, it will run it fine
     
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  3. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Just cuz a game "reccomends" a certain speed, doesnt make it the cutoff point and anythin lower would absolultely not play the game. Its just a reccomendation as what speed cpu u should have in order to enjoy the game at its fullest. But certainly will run on a lower cpu, just not as fast obviously.

    And like geth said, a 1.86 core duo is as powerful as a 3Ghz P4, so ur more than fine. Remember, its in P4 terms that reccomendation, and the 2Ghz P4 came out oh like 6 years ago.
     
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