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    CPU Speed

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by lovehex, Jul 19, 2007.

  1. lovehex

    lovehex Newbie

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    Hey everyone, I ordered my 1520 a few days ago.


    I like gaming, and plan to game in the future while in college, though I'm not extreme about it or anything.

    In order to save money, I selected the lowest processor speed--the 1.5ghz one (I got 8600gt, 2gb ram, etc).

    Will this significantly hurt game performance? I'm having some second thoughts, though it's just really hard to fork out the extra money to upgrade.

    I don't expect blazing fast speeds in upcoming games, just the ability to play them.

    Thanks!
     
    lovehex, Jul 19, 2007
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    no but may be slower in cpu intensive task (not gaming)
     
    Thomas, Jul 19, 2007
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  3. quiong

    quiong Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    Your video card is still likely to be the bottleneck in pretty much every game you play (unless you are playing a game with some intensive AI algorithms or physics effects). I don't think it will hurt your gaming performance much.
     
    quiong, Jul 19, 2007
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  4. Apollo13

    Apollo13 100% 16:10 Screens

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    To really know, though, you'll have to post what games you play. If it's graphics-heavy stuff, the GPU is probably more important. But in some strategy and bot-heavy FPS games, CPU is more of a bottleneck (I say this based on first-hand experience).
     
    Apollo13, Jul 20, 2007
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