Guest Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 (edited) ok i have just brought Rainbowsix VEGAS 2 for the pc and im just waiting for my new 256mb video/ graphics card to come through before i install it, and i was looking at the system requirements, i have all the requirements like the RAM and (soon to be) the right graphics card/ video card for the job plus the hard drive space, but then i realised for the processer it says "3 GHz pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 3000" but my processor is Intel Core 2 duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz 2.20 GHz. Will it still work or will it be really slow becasue 2.2 is less than 3, and that aint good. but the name of my proccesor sounds like fast (and cool!) So will it work at all, or will it be really slow, or will it still be normal/ fast because my other components are better than the reccomended. Edited June 7, 2008 by alextheferret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicP Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 From what i understand about dual core is, each core is 2.20ghz? So you actually have 4.40 ghz Don't quote me on this though I could be completely wrong. NicP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 From what i understand about dual core is, each core is 2.20ghz? So you actually have 4.40 ghz Don't quote me on this though I could be completely wrong. NicP No, you have two cores running at 2.2, not a chip running at 4.4ghz. Think of it this way dude, your recommended chip is 3.0ghz, instead you have 2 slightly slower cores that can run more processes in a shorter amount of time. Your processor is faster than recommended. Besides, vegas 2 is largely gpu intensive so unless you have an 8800gtx coming to maintain a framerate over 60 you won't notice any increase from a faster cpu than yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 No, you have two cores running at 2.2, not a chip running at 4.4ghz. Think of it this way dude, your recommended chip is 3.0ghz, instead you have 2 slightly slower cores that can run more processes in a shorter amount of time. Your processor is faster than recommended. Besides, vegas 2 is largely gpu intensive so unless you have an 8800gtx coming to maintain a framerate over 60 you won't notice any increase from a faster cpu than yours. ok i kind of understood that, so it wont be slow? also anyone else have the game, and is it free to play online with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicP Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 No, you have two cores running at 2.2, not a chip running at 4.4ghz. Think of it this way dude, your recommended chip is 3.0ghz, instead you have 2 slightly slower cores that can run more processes in a shorter amount of time. Your processor is faster than recommended. Besides, vegas 2 is largely gpu intensive so unless you have an 8800gtx coming to maintain a framerate over 60 you won't notice any increase from a faster cpu than yours. Thanks for clearing that up! NicP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 (edited) Best way to think of dual cores... Normal cpu single core: 1 person working at a checkout.. que of 30 people... takes 10 minutes to get them all through Dual core / core 2 duo 2 or 4 people (depending if dual or quad core)working at checkouts.. que of 30 people split between the 2 or 4 checkouts which halves (or quarters) the total time time taken even if they work at a slower speed Edited June 7, 2008 by Spacemunkee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 ok thanks for the help, i definatly wont be taking it back or anything then, but still can anyone answer this: is it free to play online? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam F Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 ok thanks for the help, i definatly wont be taking it back or anything then, but still can anyone answer this: is it free to play online? Yeah.. fps are free.. RPG's are cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hI-OOPS-CAPS Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 i think vista has a performance check, which my p4 2.8ghz HT processor scored very substantially lower that my mates 1.6ghz core duo, which is in a laptop. but i might have to look into the new rainbow 6s, had a few old ones and they were quite entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDeathMonkey Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 i've ran vegas 2 on a e2140 @1.6 and 8800GT at max settings and it's pretty smooth, OC'ing to 2.8 give a good extra 10-15fps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 i've ran vegas 2 on a e2140 @1.6 and 8800GT at max settings and it's pretty smooth, OC'ing to 2.8 give a good extra 10-15fps how do you do that, and what does that mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 if you dont really know what your doing i wouldnt bother. Overclocking is fun.. as much as tuning a car to be honest.. but at the same time.. its not overly worth it even though ive overclocked my 1.86ghz e6300 to 3.25ghz the gains are only loading times around 10 seconds quicker etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Don't worry about overclocking. Your CPU is at least twice as fast as the "3 GHz pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 3000" it says you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 benchmark chart http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 (edited) i got the game yesterday, runs smoothly, (no lagg) is it possible to actually speak on multiplayer? because otherwise its a bit boring, story modes good though! Edited June 10, 2008 by alextheferret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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