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    Core 2 duo question...

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Justin Credible, Feb 25, 2007.

  1. Justin Credible

    Justin Credible Notebook Guru

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    I noticed the last time I played hl2 lost coast it had a pop up message saying that a minimum clock speed of 2gz was reccomended and i was wondering if a core2duo @ 1.6gz be sufficient? The reason I ask is because each core is clocked at 1.6gz but I know that doesn't equal 3.2gz or anything but does it make it enough to play games like that?
     
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  2. Mark

    Mark Desktop Debugger

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    It will be fine. It does the same thing to me with an Core 2 E6600. That CPU should be plenty powerful.
     
    Mark, Feb 25, 2007
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  3. Mr._Kubelwagen

    Mr._Kubelwagen More machine now than man

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    With the C2D's, the clock speed is almost irrelevent, as the processor is able to complete more tasks per cycle. The 1.6 would be for a Pentium 4, or maybe even an Athlon processor. However, lost coast is designed to bring out the best of the HL2 engine, so I'd be more worried about your video card.
     
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  4. gusto5

    gusto5 Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, run something like SRTEST and it'll tell you your processor is rated like...3.2ghz

    srtest.com
     
    gusto5, Feb 25, 2007
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