Gaming Performance using Oblivion - Mobile CPU Wars: Core 2 Duo vs. Core Duo

Gaming Performance using Oblivion

At Low Quality defaults in Oblivion (800 x 480 resolution), we finally see a performance difference between Core Duo and Core 2 Duo. In our Bruma benchmark the performance advantage is 16.1%, while the dungeon benchmark drops down to 10.5%. Given the number of NPCs present in towns, it appears the CPU has plenty of work to keep it busy.

Changing the settings to high quality results in a significant drop in frame rate and equalizes performance between the two CPUs. For all intents and purposes, unless you've got a laptop with a very high end GPU (or pair of GPUs), Core 2 Duo is no faster than Core Duo for gaming.

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