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Thread ID: 100896 2009-06-24 11:02:00 What elemets of gaming does a faster processor improve? sammo450 (13626) Press F1
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785552 2009-06-24 11:02:00 I was just wondering overclocking improves in terms of gaming. Can you get better frame rates or be able see further or what? sammo450 (13626)
785553 2009-06-24 11:03:00 Clock speeds plays little in gaming.

Might push up a few FPS if you're lucky, but depends on the game.
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785554 2009-06-24 11:14:00 Some games such as Assassins Creed I've found my CPU is the bottleneck (Dual-core 2Ghz w/ nVidia 9400GT, 2GB Ram). Basically it'll improve load-times, in the case of Assassins Creed for me the sound "lags" behind the video.

Generally as blam6 said though, its the graphics card which has the biggest bearing ...
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