I'm considering to upgrade mu CPU. Need advice

Castout · 03-31-09, 05:05 PM

My specs are the following
Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0GHz 800MHz FSB
Matched to 8Gb DDR 2 800MHz(PC-6400)
Nvidia 9800GTX+ 512Mb DDR3
2 DVD ROM
1 HDD
Powered by 630Watt PSU

Running on Vista x64 OS.

For application that don't use dual core(I have many games that don't) will upgrading to higher clock speed help to increase performance? In fact I don't know any game which specifically claims that they are designed to be played with multi core CPU.

I've been researching and found if I want an optimum system by changing the CPU, I could only go as high as 2.6GHz. That is Core 2 Duo E4700 with a 800MT/s data transfer rate which is the optimum number for my 800MHz DDR2 memory. Will this help to improve performance in games that don't support dual core?

Or should I just neglect the FSB of the CPU and go for say E7400 2.8GHz core 2 duo with 1066MHz FSB speed? But considering that my memory can only calculate 800MHz data transfer so I would be wasting 266 MHz for nothing unless I want to upgrade my memory in some future time which I'm reluctant to do.

Plus everybody else in the other game forums always said that "you need at least 3GHz CPU if you want to run the game at high setting"- That is one guy at medieval 2 total war forum.

Core 2 duo only go as high as 3.3GHz. It doesn't make sense! Did they mean 3GHz single core? I don't get it either when people buy quad core to play games as most games don't even support dual core CPU including Medieval 2 Total War I think?!!

So if an upgrade is advisable should I go for E4700 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo with 800MHz FSB to match with my memory clock
or
should I just ignore the FSB and go for say E7400 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo with 1066MHz FSB?
or will upgrading result in minimum performance increase in games?

03-31-09, 05:05 PM	#1
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	I'm considering to upgrade mu CPU. Need advice My specs are the following Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0GHz 800MHz FSB Matched to 8Gb DDR 2 800MHz(PC-6400) Nvidia 9800GTX+ 512Mb DDR3 2 DVD ROM 1 HDD Powered by 630Watt PSU Running on Vista x64 OS. For application that don't use dual core(I have many games that don't) will upgrading to higher clock speed help to increase performance? In fact I don't know any game which specifically claims that they are designed to be played with multi core CPU. I've been researching and found if I want an optimum system by changing the CPU, I could only go as high as 2.6GHz. That is Core 2 Duo E4700 with a 800MT/s data transfer rate which is the optimum number for my 800MHz DDR2 memory. Will this help to improve performance in games that don't support dual core? Or should I just neglect the FSB of the CPU and go for say E7400 2.8GHz core 2 duo with 1066MHz FSB speed? But considering that my memory can only calculate 800MHz data transfer so I would be wasting 266 MHz for nothing unless I want to upgrade my memory in some future time which I'm reluctant to do. Plus everybody else in the other game forums always said that "you need at least 3GHz CPU if you want to run the game at high setting"- That is one guy at medieval 2 total war forum. Core 2 duo only go as high as 3.3GHz. It doesn't make sense! Did they mean 3GHz single core? I don't get it either when people buy quad core to play games as most games don't even support dual core CPU including Medieval 2 Total War I think?!! So if an upgrade is advisable should I go for E4700 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo with 800MHz FSB to match with my memory clock or should I just ignore the FSB and go for say E7400 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo with 1066MHz FSB? or will upgrading result in minimum performance increase in games? __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/