Basic Quad core question

[Hulk]

Does the speed of the processor make a huge impact on game performance?

Suppose you have a quad core that is 2.3Ghz and another quad core that is 3.6Ghz, will there be a huge impact on fps if they both have the same video card?

 

[Helicopter]

I doubt you'd see much if any difference, but then again, it would depend a lot on the game and the gpu. When I played BF2, I played it on a AMD 3500+, and a Q6600, both with a 8800GT, no difference, but somethin like Crysis may.

 

[Zero82z]

Depends on the game, but with many modern titles, you can be bottlenecked with a CPU running at below 3.2GHz or so.

 

[Brahmzy]

YES.

 

[Nicolas554]

When i overclocked my Q6600 from 2.40 to 3.60 it did give me a very nice FPS increase. In HL2 episode 2, where i had 62fps, i have now 102-104. Also noticed a good increase in COD4 and COD5, around 20-25 fps. (btw i game in 1680/1050)

 

[ShuttleLuv]

Yes it will push your single card to the limit. Only a Q6600 at higher mhz or a I7 will push a dual or tri setup more.

 

[Mackowitz]

comparison of a GTX 280 with CPU's at clock speeds from 1.6ghz to 3.6ghz, duals and quads.

 

[Varmint]

Hell yeah - most games are at most dual threaded, so the quad will be no faster than a 2.3 GHz dual core.

 

[bigdogchris]

Toms recently did a comparison of gaming and application benchmarks taking a quad core and running them from 1 core up to 4. They did it both with AMD and Intel CPU's.

In the end it showed that the most gain in gaming came from dual cores with a slight boost going to 3 cores and virtually zero (sometimes losing performance) going to 4 cores. Some compression and obviously rendering software was improved going to 4 cores. The big one they said though is if you have several cpu intensive programs running at once, like a virus scanner, then a quad helps quite a bit.

 

[vanilla_guerilla]

i used to keep my pc clocked at 4400 all the time. but lately i am using c1e and speedstep. this clocks down my speed to around 2400. none of the games i play (tf2, l4d, gta4, etc) cause the clock speed to increase, and i dont notice any diff in frame rates. so i would have to say no, you would not see any difference.

 

[Hulk]

interesting

 

[me0w0w]

Does the speed of the processor make a huge impact on game performance?

Suppose you have a quad core that is 2.3Ghz and another quad core that is 3.6Ghz, will there be a huge impact on fps if they both have the same video card?

Hell Yes.