How in the @#$% do you tell how fast your computer is?

chipnibbles

chipnibbles

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I had a Pentium 4 - 2.6GHz w/HT. Now I have an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 at 2.4GHz w/4MB cache. How in the world am I supposed to read system requirements for games that tell me I need this or that?! I was told because it's a dual core you don't just double the clock speed. Then I read about overclocking. I mean WTH!!! It's confusing and was hoping some techie out there knows how to basically get an understanding of what's under the hood.

Is it a Ford GT500 with 2 gears or 8 gears in the transmission? P-L-E-A-S-E help me understand since it is frustrating reading a LOT of benchmarking results and not getting very far...
 
just don't worry about it???

It's a new processor, you shouldn't be having any problems

minimum requirements are about useless, since there's so many different variables
 
Dude, you're c2d is waayy above like all min requirements. Really, don't worry about it. Benchmarks compare the speed of the processors though. You could use that to map out whether your reuirements are met or not.

Plus, int he future they will probably take cores into account and processor types.
 
I'll agree with that. If there's going to be anything that doesn't meet system requirements it will probably be a software issue. I wouldn't have bought a gateway... but that's just my personal opinion...
 
hells3000 said:
Guys he wants to know how fast is his computer, you have not answered that.
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Well, why don't you answer him then?

There's no straight forward answer.

It's a 2.2, you could say it's slower than my prescott 3.6, but we all know that isn't the case.

Numbers mean little anymore, processors are not linear in performance with respect to speed alone.
 
that is what benchmarks are for, comparing speeds. so you can tell hopw fast your computer is by comparing it to another.
 
madtownidiot said:
c2d e6600 is roughly equivalent to 5ghz combined. Just about the only thing that will use 100% of that is a benchmark test
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What? No... GHz is probably the worst way to measure a processor's performance because all processors are different. A 2.4GHz Celeron's slower than a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 which is slower than a 2.4GHz Pentium D which is slower than a 2.4GHz Athlon64 which is slower than a 2.4GHz Core 2...get the idea?

If you want to know how fast your computer is, benchmark it and compare to similar systems. That's about the only way to get real performance readings.
 
See the issue relies on this... When Halo 2 for the PC releases later this month, it has a system requirement of a 2GHz system. Since I have a C2D at 2.4GHz, how I be able to tell when games have requirements of let's say 3GHz. It's like a comparison chart is needed to tell if you have the needed juice. Benchmarking with PC Wizard just gives me numbers. Someone once told me that my 2.4 machine does not equate to a 4.8. So what does it DO equate to?
 
wow. when you use pc wizard all you get are numbers? well, ghz are only numbers. and to tell the truth the numbers you get frm pc wizard are mor evaluable than the ghz right now.

dont worry about it. your cpu can play halo 2 and just about any other game coming out for probably 4-5 years.. maybe more (although maybe not the highest settings)

still though, this post probably shows that they should revisit the system requirement format. before they used to say "INtel Pentium 3 233 mhz or simular" and stuff so a benchmark could compare. But.. w/e. In the future, just wait until the game comes out and google what other ppl have used to run it
 
Well the one thing that I do love about this new Gateway is that finally you have the ability to open your tower and change out the processor. If need be in 5 years I can drop in an Intel 25.6GHz processor. Computer industry finally wised up on something. I'm just waiting for the day all PC components can be inter-changed by simply detaching and plugging in a new hard drive through a USB-type port. 8GB USB flash drives are a step closer. Wishful thinking if PCs ever got that standardized.
 
what? your talking about having external components? coudln't you technically do that? just get a custom built pc and tell them not to give you a case. :)

and couldn't you always change out components? is this gateway of yours special in this regards somehow?
 
you could ofcourse look into www.systemrequirementslab.com ok, granted, it might not be perfect, but it does pretty well :)
It basicly scans your pc, and then you can select games, and it shows you how it meets the required and reccomended specs.
It does have a few glitches (with SLI for example) but, I think it works good enough (at least, it does for me :) )
 
chipnibbles said:
See the issue relies on this... When Halo 2 for the PC releases later this month, it has a system requirement of a 2GHz system. Since I have a C2D at 2.4GHz, how I be able to tell when games have requirements of let's say 3GHz. It's like a comparison chart is needed to tell if you have the needed juice. Benchmarking with PC Wizard just gives me numbers. Someone once told me that my 2.4 machine does not equate to a 4.8. So what does it DO equate to?
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A 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo equtes to just that...2.4ghz. What we're saying is that you can't compare a 2.4ghz C2D to a 2.4ghz Celeron, for example. They process information different ways at different speeds, which is why clock speed is now becoming a meaningless number.
 
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