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Celeron, Pentium Dual Core and Athlon X2: Which One is the Best USD 70 CPU?
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Reviews Last Updated: July 3, 2008
Page: 10 of 12
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Quake 4

We upgraded Quake 4 to version 1.4.2 and ran its new multiplayer demo id_perftest at 1024x768x32 with SMP option enable (which allows Quake 4 to recognize and use more than one CPU), under two scenarios: first with image quality settings configured at “low” and then with image quality settings configured at “high”. You can check the results below, given in frames per second.

Celeron vs. Pentium Dual Core vs. Core 2 Duo vs. Athlon X2

Celeron vs. Pentium Dual Core vs. Core 2 Duo vs. Athlon X2

Here all CPUs achieved exactly the same performance, meaning that on this game the video card was the component limiting the performance, not the CPU. Nowadays for a better gaming performance it is better to have a more expensive video card than a more expensive CPU with an entry-level video card.

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