I´m getting a Core 2 Duo E7500

[Darts401]

Will a Core 2 Duo E7500 be good enough for gaming at all?

[HeyKitty]

I mean... It's better than your Celeron M @ 1.5GHz... So there's that.

[Djole123]

2 minutes ago, Darts401 said:

Will a Core 2 Duo E7500 be good enough for gaming at all?

Not much. Get at least a Core 2 Quad.

[Darts401]

2 minutes ago, Djole123 said:

Not much. Get at least a Core 2 Quad.

I don´t have a choice otherwise I would, the Core 2 Duo is free.

[Moonzy]

4 minutes ago, Darts401 said:

Will a Core 2 Duo E7500 be good enough for gaming at all?

i have my E7500 core 2 duo paired with a 9600GT

you can game on it, but dont expect fantastic framerates in modern games...

 

some games refuse to run on a dual core cpu lol

[Darts401]

3 minutes ago, HeyKitty said:

I mean... It's better than your Celeron M @ 1.5GHz... So there's that.

I don´t have that laptop anymore.

[Darts401]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

i have my E7500 core 2 duo paired with a 9600GT

you can game on it, but dont expect fantastic framerates in modern games...

 

some games refuse to run on a dual core cpu lol

I should have specified games,

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Darts401 said:

I should have specified games,

yeap, what games are you looking to play?

[Darts401]

Just now, Moonzy said:

yeap, what games are you looking to play?

World of Tanks, CS:GO, GTA III, GTA Vice City, Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Darts401 said:

World of Tanks, CS:GO, GTA III, GTA Vice City, Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas.

what gpu are you pairing it with?

[harrynowl]

OC it to 4.2GHz and it isn't much slower than a stock G3258.

[Darts401]

2 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

what gpu are you pairing it with?

A GTX 570 or a Radeon HD 7870

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Darts401 said:

A GTX 570 or a Radeon HD 7870

eeeh... im not very familiar with old hardware but im guessing it should run those games just fine `-`

maybe there are benchmarks online

[Darts401]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

eeeh... im not very familiar with old hardware but im guessing it should run those games just fine `-`

maybe there are benchmarks online

I would get new I just don´t have the money, and I´m pretty sure a $100 GTX 980 is a scam.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Darts401 said:

I would get new I just don´t have the money, and I´m pretty sure a $100 GTX 980 is a scam.

it probably is

and by old hardware i didnt mean second hand lol

[harrynowl]

1 minute ago, Darts401 said:

I would get new I just don´t have the money, and I´m pretty sure a $100 GTX 980 is a scam.

yes that be a scam. the 7870 would be my reccomendation over the 570, has more vram and such plus amd offer a lot of their features on the card still as it is based on their current gcn design.

[Darts401]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

it probably is

and by old hardware i didnt mean second hand lol

I didn´t mean brand new hardware, I meant newer.

[Rolling Potatoe]

19 minutes ago, Darts401 said:

Will a Core 2 Duo E7500 be good enough for gaming at all?

Eh no, Only not very demanding games or older titles will run properly, newer titles may not run at all.

 

Did you only get the E7500 for free? Those things are basicly worthless, if you have to buy the rest of the pc just dont use it.

If you have the mobo, ram etc already try to get a core 2 quad (like 20-30 bucks on ebay, those are basicly 2 core 2 duos),

those should let you run most games with decent fps.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Darts401 said:

I didn´t mean brand new hardware, I meant newer.

lol i dont know what gpu you should pair with that cpu tbh... maybe a 750 ti? though im somewhat clueless

but i know a gtx 980 is a bad idea lol

[Aereldor]

Try and get a Core 2 Quad Q6600 instead. The performance difference is immense, and with a moderate overclock, it'll hold its own even in newer titles. 

[Darts401]

1 minute ago, Aereldor said:

Try and get a Core 2 Quad Q6600 instead. The performance difference is immense, and with a moderate overclock, it'll hold its own even in newer titles. 

I already said, I can´t get a Core 2 Quad as I was lucky to even get a CPU.

[dragoon20005]

ok what parts you are getting for free?

 

Core 2 Duo

 

 

RAM?

 

Mobo?

 

HDD

 

GPU get the HD7870

[don_svetlio]

17 minutes ago, Darts401 said:

A GTX 570 or a Radeon HD 7870

Bottleneck will be huge

 

19 minutes ago, harrynowl said:

OC it to 4.2GHz and it isn't much slower than a stock G3258.

IT's much slower. Haswell IPC is 2-3 times better than C2D IPC

[Aereldor]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Bottleneck will be huge

 

IT's much slower. Haswell IPC is 2-3 times better than C2D IPC

Exactly. You'll need it at about 6 GHz for it to perform on par with a stock G3258. I wish you luck in your icy crusade.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Aereldor said:

Exactly. You'll need it at about 6 GHz for it to perform on par with a stock G3258. I wish you luck in your icy crusade.

6GHz is being conservative - CPUs don't scale 100% according to clockspeed so you'd realistically need 7+GHz