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Intel Core 2 Duo & Extreme Review
[Abstract]
The Pentium is Dead, Long Live The CoreIt has finally happened, Intel will be putting to rest the long standing Pentium branding for their next generation of desktop microprocessors in favor of...
[Content] PCDigitalMobileGame
Results - Quake 4 and F.E.A.R.
The Core 2 Duo has reigned supreme thus far into our benchmarking and Quake 4 bears no exception. With just a processor change, the X6800 is able deliver more than 10fps over an Athlon 64 FX-62 and nearly a whopping 30fps gain in performance from the Pentium XE 965 in the single-threaded game mode. With SMP enabled, you'll notice that the Core 2 Duo's lead has been reduced slightly, but that still doesn't take away the fact that a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo in the near future will give you better gaming performance than your friends hyper expensive Athlon 64 FX-62 or the rather gimped Pentium XE 965.
As expected, F.E.A.R. is a game that is more graphics intensive, which is why you do not see any difference in performance. Even on a GeForce 7900 GT, the game is already graphics bound at 800x600 with maximum quality settings. If you want more performance out of F.E.A.R., getting a new graphics card will do you more good than upgrading or overclocking your processor.
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