Pentium-M 2.6gig Vs Core Duo E2180

[Stonedofmoo]

I currently have a Pentium-M 2gig at 2.6gig which has been fine for all games up until the release of Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

Now without going into boring details I plan on making a nice quad core rig next year, but wish to make a start on this rig now but using a cheap E2180 CPU as a stop gap on a nice P35 board.

Will a Core Duo E2180 be faster than a Pentium-M @ 2.6gig?
I know it has dual cores but it's obviously a budget chip and only has 1meg cache compared to the P-M's 2meg and I need a quick fix before Xmas for SC:FA.

I'll be running a 8800GT 512meg card also.

Any thoughts?

 

[Indy500]

E2180 will be somewhat faster. Being dual-core doesn't hurt either

 

[Hobgoblin]

yeh it'll be faster. they overclock like a .... well a overclocking thing. that is to say a lot, it'll be a good stopgap. plus if you buy the cooler you will be putting on the quad you can get even more juice out of it

it will really help with sup com as well

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

* Ignore, I read wrong...*
Get the desktop dual core, not too expensive and will offer better performance.
Should get a bit of cash if you sold off your desktop pentium-m setup too.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

Thanks all. Yep the Pentium-M was on an Asus slocket adapter card. It's been a great setup until Supreme Commander came along. It simply runs much faster on anything multicore, even my housemates AMD 4400+ runs it MUCH faster than mine.

I'm going to make a nice Quadcore setup next year but as finances are harsh with Xmas being here I just need a quick fix for now,

 

[Ben M]

the E2180 is a good card, clocks easy to 3ghz+

the 2140 and 2160 are also good, and clock well themselves, and are a touch cheaper.

 

[Indy500]

get the duo is a good card, clocks easy to 3ghz+

Spending a bit much time in the graphics card section?

 

[Stonedofmoo]

Yeah the overclocking is great, but I just wondered if the small 1meg cache really reduces its performance too much.

 

[Indy500]

Yeah the overclocking is great, but I just wondered if the small 1meg cache really reduces its performance too much.

Cache on Intel processors makes little difference above 1MB, especially with the Core\Core 2 architecture.

 

[Ben M]

Spending a bit much time in the graphics card section?

brain fart

 

[Hesky82]

Cache on Intel processors makes little difference above 1MB, especially with the Core\Core 2 architecture.

where gaming is concerned thats correct.

 

[pegasus1]

where gaming is concerned thats correct.

Some may say otherwise.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

The owners of the more expensive chips most likely!

However this is just a cheap stopgap until the new quad cores arrive so it will do for now.