How are C2D's in single core games?

tomanders91 · 2 Jun 2007 at 10:13

In games which dont support dual cores, how would my E6400 at stock (2.13ghz) compare to say a pentium 4? Because games may say things like reccomended specs are 3ghz pentium 4, does my e6400 compare to that in single core mode?

WILD9 · 2 Jun 2007 at 10:20

Someone will come and give some more details but the short answer is yes your faster than that even just running a single core.

deadeyedic30 · 2 Jun 2007 at 10:20

Try this.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html

tomanders91 · 2 Jun 2007 at 10:20

ok nice one.

tomanders91 · 2 Jun 2007 at 10:27

Also i have one more question, it isnt exactly about C2D's. But when im setting a resolution in game, there are 2 choices, 1440x900x16 and 1440x900x32. What are the last numbers? I think there something to do with colour, do they actually have any noticeable visual differences or performance hits?

THanks.

KangooVanMan · 2 Jun 2007 at 10:42

16bit or 32bit colour depth, and yes there is both visual and performance differences.
Stick to 32bit unless you have a very old card

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kmistry · 2 Jun 2007 at 10:43

you're right, 1440x900x16 refers to 16-bt colours and the latter to 32 bit colours. Basically it just means there are more colours

KangooVanMan · 2 Jun 2007 at 10:48

Indeed 16bit = 65'000 colours
32bit = 16 million colours

HangTime · 2 Jun 2007 at 20:16

I'd make sure you use 32bit colour unless you are running a game which came out many years after the card in question and are really struggling for performance. Most modern games don't even give the option run anything other than 32bit.

Back on topic, a C2D is clock-for-clock considerably faster than a P4 even in single-threaded games. A stock E6400 should be fine in games recommending 3ghz P4.

tomanders91 · 2 Jun 2007 at 20:49

dont worry lol, as you can see i have an 8800GTS 640mb so ill stick with 32bit, i was just wondering.

snowdog · 2 Jun 2007 at 21:00

I know a 2ghz core 2 duo is as fast as a pentium D @ 4 ghz, so your c2d is as fast as a p4 @ 4.26 ghz in single core apps, and a PD/ 2x p4's @ 4.26ghz in dual core apps...