Which processor is faster at playing game (Rainbox 6) - Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 or Pentium Duel Core T2130?

Question

T5500 65 nm 2MB L2 1.66 GHz 667 MHz
T2130 65 nm 1MB L2 1.86 GHz 533 MHz
I find it difficult to compare the true speed of processors nowaday, can anyone suggest an easy way to do it?

Answer 1

Those are LAPTOP processors, and you're not going to be playing Rainbow 6: Vegas on a laptop unless you're spending $2,000+ on an Alienware gaming laptop.

You can build a desktop PC that will play it just fine for around $650 through newegg.com:

$75 - Pentium e2140 (Core 2 chip with less cache)
$20 - Arctic Cooler PRO (overlock the CPU to 2.8ghz+)
$75 - 2gb of RAM
$75-100 - decent motherboard with overlcocking options
$240 - Nvidia 8800gts
$30 - Case with 120mm intake and exhaust fans
$55 - 250gb SATA hard drive
$55 - FSP power supply
$30 - DVD / CD burner

Answer 2

yes intel's new processor naming system is stupid. i don't pay attention to it. i only pay attention to clock speed, cache, and fsb. i would get the core2duo. make sure u have an equally powerful graphics card, like a nvidia 8000 series graphics card.