3D Games
As we noted repeatedly in our previous reports, the bus frequency and the amount of cache memory have a great effect on a PC system’s performance in games. That’s why the Core 2 Duo E7200 is far slower in the gaming tests than the Core 2 Duo E8200 and E6750. Its performance is alike to that of the Core 2 Duo E6550, the two models competing with each other as equals. However, the latter model is based on a 65nm core and has a lower (by 8%) clock rate.
On the other hand, the new CPU looks most advantageous if compared with the Core 2 Duo E4700. The Core 2 Duo E7200 is going to be appreciated by thrifty gamers who had been favorable to the E4000 series as well. Indeed, the new CPU brings about a 20% performance boost to 3D games at a similar official price.
