http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/24/does_cache_size_matter/page5.html

http://xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/pentium-e2160_4.html

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3127&p=2

http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=2795&p=4

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2duo-e7200_4.html

That should answer your question, but it also depends if your gonna overclock, both processors clock fairly close, and both can go up as high to 4.0ghz with proper equipment. Im building a computer for a friend i actually went with the e5200, just because the performance and price ratio is really nice. but it really depends if your overclocking or not, if not, the e7200.

For A.D.D people, the links above compares cache size.

[QUOTE="jmnderson69"]Damn man, I get the feeling you guys enjoy making others piss money down the drain.X360PS3AMD05

God i hope your joking with small performance gains. You ready to be bombed by graphs and be called an idiot by me? Nah ill spare you it, As for the thread.

''I'm looking for a multitasking gaming monster. Able to at least freaking run photoshop with WMP and the net >.> Gaming with any game out now on ALL MAXED settings, with the proper monitor to max it out. YOUR JOB, should you choose to accept it, is to build sinty the best possible rig for the budget price.''

You can do that as others said for under 1k. Maybe.

Kind of pointless to get the 940millerlight89

[QUOTE="Carlos0068"][QUOTE="thefsmlol"] depends on what kind of detail distance and view distance u want to go, it should run nicely, mines running perfect, even though its a i7 rig. I turned up all the view distance and detail and it requires around 1.0gb+ of vram [QUOTE="skrat_01"]Actually wow, from reading the forums the game IS horribly optimsed. wow, just wow. People wonder why certain games are pirated en masse? No benchmarking tool, and system reqs that are misleading, and crap performance for even great hardware is a start, as is shoddy porting in general, and bugginess. And DRM is the icing on the cake. The crashes and drm of Mass Effect was horrible, and GTA IV seems to follow suit.zaigham_riaz

It just so happends my personal experience contradicts everything he is saying. It might be badly optimized but both my rigs say otherwise, one is a med-high end and another is low-mid and they both run the game perfect. So how is that badly optimized? I find it even more funny when the badly optmized comment, the game does indeed take alot to max out, but if you have not noticed, the view/detail distance is what takes a bit to max.

Cause getting a quad core and 4gb is hard to do? That 170 Q6600 and 50 bucks for 4gb is a steep investment.

The game is running perfect on my rigs, the one in my sig (and no it wasnt my life savings for you console fanboys) and my old rig i had 2 months ago (3800x2 @ 2.8ghz, 2gb ram, 9800gtx). So i guess the game is badly optimized, damm that rockstar and their port, damm them

Anyways, ill post some more benchies when i get home and more better from my old rig.