Opinions on Intel Core 2 Duo needed

[Lowblow]

Hi there as I'm buying a new CPU I would realy it if any core 2 duo users could tell me how they have found there CPU,
Kind regards
Lowblow (James )

[Cougar12dk]

My brother's bought a Core2 Duo 2.18 and as an example, he runs HalfLife2 at max settings smoothly (very much higher than 25 frames/sec). I've not really seen any other aps/games he's played, but that has me convinced alright. If a 2.18 can do what it takes a P4 3.2Ghz (what I have now), the day I can afford it, I'll get me one (maybe a 2.4Ghz though :) )

[Lonewolf024]

Im running a 1.6 DUO in a dell laptop with a gig of DDR2 ram x1300 ati card and run falcon with hitiles on 1600x1050 res without a hiccup. Ive heard Falcon AF is optimised for the Duo core and it shows. I think you'd be very happy

[-Apples-]

Well i have the duo 6600 at 2.4 ghz and its nothn special. I would wait a little for the quads to come down in price. Remember its not just the processor, You got to have good video and memory too.

[Lowblow]

Thanks for all these reply's it's been very helpfull. And to Apples yes you are quite right on the GPU and RAM being very important, and its giving me a sore head trying to choose a graphics card, maybe I need to start another thread.
Kind regards James (Lowblow)

[Lustypooh]

I bought a 6600 2 months ago. Along with a 7950 GT 512 Mbyte. I am really satisfied. Great performance, even with MSFSx. Runs at 20fps at 85% of the graphics turned up. With a DX10 graphics card it will get even better. It is a great processor and it comes relatively cheap.

Regards,

Dexter

[Cougar12dk]

I bought a 6400 a while back........compared to the P4 3.4Ghz I had before, it SCREAMS!

It's smoooooooooooooooth framerates @ max settings in pretty much all the games I've played with it.

[Dukey]

I have a 6000 OC'd to 2.6 (for now) I am really happy with it. Having said that I did upgrade from an AMD 2500+ running at 1.8 :red:

I also have an 8800GTS and 2gigs of Corsair dominator RAM, all running on a Asus P5N32-SLI which allows really easy and safe oc of the CPU.