03.10.2008, 08:32
I agree in essence with stansdds, but if I were in your position and if IL2 is your game then this is how my thinking would go.
Il2 is Cpu intensive ie. the faster the cpu is the better, but il2 only runs on a single core unless windows decides to offload some of the work to another core. IMO the Quad core is overkill and at 2.4ghz too slow. (Those who use quadcores overclock them to over 3ghz for gaming). For the Cpu, if you don't wish to overclock, E8400 or E6850 duocores good choice @ 3ghz, and can be overclocked fairly easily to 4ghz on good motherboard. ( These are less than
Il2 is Cpu intensive ie. the faster the cpu is the better, but il2 only runs on a single core unless windows decides to offload some of the work to another core. IMO the Quad core is overkill and at 2.4ghz too slow. (Those who use quadcores overclock them to over 3ghz for gaming). For the Cpu, if you don't wish to overclock, E8400 or E6850 duocores good choice @ 3ghz, and can be overclocked fairly easily to 4ghz on good motherboard. ( These are less than