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Originally Posted by Xander
The extreme processors have their multiplier unbound which increases the overclocking potential.
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Yup, but often they are also the processors that are at the maximum of what is currently possible, so they have much less "headroom" to go up, as compared to overclocking a processor that is much slower up to that speed. And really, why deal with the potential instabilities and other things that can go along with overclocking, if you can afford the best anyway. (unless you can't stop tweaking things like me).
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It's not the processor speed which will inhibit game performance.
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I'd say almost any of the Core 2 Duo's out there will be pretty much equal as far as game performance goes, because games are much more heavily tied to the graphics card. (Unless you have a really terrible processor, but that wouldn't happen with any of what's been suggested.)