Let’s just cut to the chase. You will see a lot of gaming benchmarks today that just simply lie to you. That is right, you will see frames per second numbers that are at best total BS, and at their worst a terrible representation of what difference a new Intel Core 2 processor will make in your gaming experience. The old ways of video game benchmarking do little to tell you about exactly how a new CPU will affect how you play your games or what experience your system supplies to you. Having more CPU power is a very cool thing, but being able to utilize it is not an easy thing to do nowadays.
This article is specific to gaming, so if you are wondering about synthetic or video and music encoding and Core 2, we have covered that as well in a separate article. Be sure that HardOCP is supplying you with the definitive information you need in order to plan your next upgrade when it comes to investing in a system to play games on.”Here are some more Processor articles from around the web:
Processors
- The Core 2: Intel Goes for the Jugular @ ExtremeTech
- Intel’s Core 2 Extreme & Core 2 Duo: The Empire Strikes Back @ AnandTech
- Intel E6700 Core 2 Duo @ t-break
- Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel 965 chipset launch @ Game Pyre
- Intel Unleashes Conroe: X6800 and E6700 Reviewed @ Legit Reviews
- Intel Core 2 Duo is here — could it be Intel’s day to shine? @ Tweaktown
- Intel’s Core 2 Duo E6700 and X6800 @ OCAU
- Intel Core 2 CPUs @ SimHQ
- Core 2 Duo E6700 @ Neoseeker
- Intel “Conroe” Core 2 Duo X6800 & E6700 Review @ GDHardware
- Intel Core Microarchitecture Overview @ MBReview
- Intel Core 2 Duo/Extreme Processor @ HEXUS
- MESH Elite Extreme SLI System – Core 2 Extreme X6800 @ HEXUS
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 & Core 2 Extreme X6800 @ HotHardware
- Intel’s Core 2 Duo and Extreme processors @ The Tech Report
- Intel Core 2 Duo & Core 2 Extreme Performance @ Legion Hardware
The Days of the Conroe: Core 2 around the net
Intel has bid goodbye to the Pentium, and released the Conroe Core 2 based processor. These chips are faster and use less power than the previous Intel CPU’s. Start your tour at [H]ard|OCP, and see how the Core 2 Extreme X6800 and the Core 2 Duo E6700 perform in real games.
