dualcore system requirements = ? p4 system requirements

[crvinay_4u]

nfs undercover requires 2.8ghz p4 proccy but considering dualcore to be way better than p4 will a 2.5ghz e5200 be able to run this?

 

[pavasedge]

Yeah easily.

 

[rapt0r]

Even a 1.8 ghz dual core will run it way better than pentium 4 ( all intel e series ) .

 

[crvinay_4u]

Yeah easily.

how is it possible with 1.8ghz dual core proccy

 

[Aces170]

It does more work per clockcycle unlike the crappy Pentium 4's...

A 1.8ghz E6300 (the older ones) will run circles around a Pentium 4 clocked at 3ghz...

 

[rapt0r]

^ As he said ghz alone doesn't matter anymore. All e series processors are new architectures compared to older pentium 4's . They do more work in less clock cycles.

 

[sato1986]

e5200 is a great processor indeed.. much faster than e6300 and wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ahead of a p4 @ 3Ghz

 

[Seeder666]

yeah for sure u can run

 

[hunt3r]

AnandTech: AMD Athlon X2 7850 vs. Intel Pentium E5300: Choosing the Best $70 CPU

Check out this link. Compares the E5300 and Athlon X2 7850 to older P4 processors, see the difference

 

[bs0409]

I don't think a 1.8 Ghz Dual core is better than a 3 Ghz P4.......

I ran some hardcore numeric calulations on both and the p4 responded faster.....

Remember that dual cores are not that smart, Core 2 duos are smart....

 

[rahulhbk]

ok one question i REALLY want stickied is wts the diff between a dual core and a core 2 duo.. :S i knw tht's a stupid ques bt there are people who dnt knw and i've gotten so sick of answering it tht i wont even bother now :no:

 

[hunt3r]

I don't think a 1.8 Ghz Dual core is better than a 3 Ghz P4.......

I ran some hardcore numeric calulations on both and the p4 responded faster.....

Remember that dual cores are not that smart, Core 2 duos are smart....

In most situations, the 1.8 ghz dual core is faster than the p4. Read the link i posted earlier. The only place where the p4 might be close is in single threaded video encoding

ok one question i REALLY want stickied is wts the diff between a dual core and a core 2 duo.. :S i knw tht's a stupid ques bt there are people who dnt knw and i've gotten so sick of answering it tht i wont even bother now :no:

The underlying architecture is the same, they're both based on the Core architecture. The names are different only for marketing purposes. The core 2 duo CPU's are clocked higher usually and have more cache and faster FSB's compared to the dual cores. Some of the dual core cpu's also dont have VT

 

[shroff87]

http://www.techenclave.com/gaming/system-requirements-for-gaming-135157.html

again???