An article on Bare Feats squares two 17″ MacBook Pro laptops, one based on a 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo processor and the other based on a 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, off against each other to determine the better 3D gaming machine:
After several rounds of tests including Quake 4, Doom 3 and Unreal Tournament performance evaluations, the Core 2 Duo-based MacBook Pro held a 5 to 48% advantage depending on the game and resolution while the core clock speed advantage stayed around 8%.
Performance in some games seemed to improve for the Core 2 Duo-based MacBook Pro when screen resolutions rose, though the Core 2 Duo-based laptop possessed only a minor advantage in terms of its clock speed and slightly larger L2 cache, leaving the authors to wonder where the improvements originated from.
For the full details, check out the article.
An article on Bare Feats squares two 17″ MacBook Pro laptops, one based on a 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo processor and the other based on a 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, off against each other to determine the better 3D gaming machine:
After several rounds of tests including Quake 4, Doom 3 and Unreal Tournament performance evaluations, the Core 2 Duo-based MacBook Pro held a 5 to 48% advantage depending on the game and resolution while the core clock speed advantage stayed around 8%.
Performance in some games seemed to improve for the Core 2 Duo-based MacBook Pro when screen resolutions rose, though the Core 2 Duo-based laptop possessed only a minor advantage in terms of its clock speed and slightly larger L2 cache, leaving the authors to wonder where the improvements originated from.
For the full details, check out the article.