processor speed

sallymeg

what is the best way to upgade the processor speed at the moment it is intel core 2cpu 1,86gh memory 1022mb and ATI radeon x1650 series ,window,s home premium, system type 32 bit ,i hope some one can help thank you.:T

Blacksheep1979

laptop, desktop built by you a friend dell someone?

sallymeg

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

laptop, desktop built by you a friend dell someone?

no it is a packard bell i media j2589 the reason to up the processor speed is because it is just under the recommend speed 2,00gh for a game i got for a prescent so any help please.

LuciferTDark

Before you do anything check to see if your motherboard can take a faster processor.

BillScarab

Have you tried runnign the game? From what you have written it sounds like you have a Core 2 Duo processor, a 1.86Ghz C2D should be capable of playing any game that requires a 2Ghz processor. Your Graphics card is far more likely to be an issue than the CPU anyway.

What's the game?

LuciferTDark

Doesn't each core take on half the job so it's effectively running at twice the advertised speed?

BillScarab

LuciferTDark wrote: »

Doesn't each core take on half the job so it's effectively running at twice the advertised speed?

Essentially yes, but only if the software is written to take advantage of multiple cores. Most games aren't. However modern C2D processors are more efficient than older pentiums anyway. I happily play Company of Heroes on a machien with a C2D clocked at 1.8 Ghz yet according to the box it needs a 2Ghz Pentium IV processor or equivalent. So obviously in terms of performance my 1.8Ghz C2D is at least as good as a 2Ghz Pentuium IV.

Have a look at this chart for a comparison of performance, it compares my CPU (E4300) with a P4 2.8 Ghz ( I couldn't find a 2Ghz one on there)

tomshardware

LuciferTDark

Thinking about it my son has a 1.8 dual core & runs Crysis quite happily on it which for is 2.?Ghz Pentium 4, he also has one of the best GeForce cards about which helps too.

BillScarab

A good graphics card is essential if you want to play modern games at decent resolutions. The processor isn't usually a limiting factor so long as it meets the minimum requirements. I suspect the OP's processor comfortably exceeds the minimum for whatever game it is.

LuciferTDark

Will we ever find out though?

sallymeg

thanks for all your help the game i am trying to run is KANE&LYNCH it runs very slow all the system requirements of the game meet my computer ,which is only 9 mouths old