Core 2 Duo T5450 and Assassins Creed

[A554SS1N]

At the moment I have a single core PC that plays games pretty well enough, but I'm considering getting a laptop for various reasons (would be handy occasionally), and what might be a deal clincher is that if I could just about get away with running Assassins Creed on lowest settings with a CoreTM 2 Duo T5450 (1.66Ghz), seeing as it needs a dualcore as minimum. The problem is it lists 2.2Ghz as minimum Core 2, but it also lists a 2.3Ghz Athlon X2, and I would have thought a brisbane X2 @2.3Ghz would be alot slower than a 2.2Ghz Core 2, leading me to believe there might be an outside chance of running it on the T5450. I'm after portability, but it's not a necessity, and I know I'd feel it'd be a waste if I got a dualcore CPU finally and it still provided no benefit for running the odd game that my single core wouldn't be able to. Graphics settings wouldn't matter for the laptop, as I could live with that just to enjoy the gameplay (for now).

Basically, I'm in a bit of a muddle as I'd love a laptop, I'd love to play Assasins Creed (and my current CPU isn't enough) and I haven't got the money to do both (i.e. lappy plus upgrade CPU), and I'd *really* want to play AC at some point this year, even on low details lol. There's plenty of time for me to decide and I'm very fickle about things like this, I can change my mind pretty much by the day lol, as things put me off, and then other things get me interested again.

I'm expecting the answers to be "we don't know". So I'm just after opinions - mainly to iron out (or add to) my own doubts.

Thanks for any replies.

 

[Foxery]

You realize it will also require a beefy graphics card... Most laptops have poor gaming performance, (they're designed for efficiency, not power,) and the preliminary specs for this game suggest it won't tolerate anything but prime hardware.

It's still a month away.

 

[Gikaseixas]

like Foxery said you need a laptop with a powerful graphics card like this one

here

 

[GEOrifle]

Release Date: Apr 8, 2008 .
Yes, it requires Dual Core CPU's.