Core Duo, Dual Core and me.

[MuMu]

I've recently acquired a mediocre computer with an E5400 Intel Dual Core CPU(2.70GHz) and decided to test it a bit on the SystemRequirementsLab. The problem is, many of the requirements are displayed in Core Duo settings, and while I do think that there's something that makes them superior to the DC(I'm very hardware illiterate, excuse me), I don't know what it is.

The one that confuses me the most is the minimum speed for the War for Cybertron game, a Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo E4300 1.80 GHz. Even if the Duo is indeed more efficient than the Dual, is it that much that almost a 1GHz of difference still isn't enough?

Of course, the site could always be full of shit...

[Bells]

From what i heard (and this is Fan gossip to the best of my knowledge) a Core 2 Duo is indeed better than a Dual Core. But i'm not sure if that reading is accurate.

SRL is usually pretty spot on for me, Maybe it's just not reading your PC right, maybe it's only seeing one core in your processor instead of both?

[Hatake Kakashi]

Generally, you're going to get a lot of bang for your buck going with most multi-core Intel processors. The main difference between an Intel Dual-Core and an Intel Core2 Duo is that the Core2 Duos have a slightly refined technology and build that gives them a larger cache, making for less bottle-necking of processing speed. You can see comparisons by clicking the details tab in this Core2 link and this Dual-Core link. You'll notice the processors have the same processing speed ratings and front-side bus (FSB). However, the larger cache size on the core2 duo will allow it to accept and work with more tasks more readily. You can find out what difference a processor's cache makes here.

Overall, I really don't think you should have much of a problem running that game with your current processor. I'd say you have plenty of processing speed, the next thing on the list that I'd check would be the RAM.

[MuMu]

I understand, I've owned a Celeron before so this isn't my first experience with a lower cache. Thanks.

And no, the only thing ever pointed wrong with my system was the speed, everything else is fine.