i3 540 vs pentium 4 d 3.4ghz

[deathbyginger]

Hi Everyone
need a bit of help I am going through an insurance claim and my pc is a dell xps 600 p4 d 950 3.4ghz the insurance are offering a i3 540 3.06mhz I use my pc for gaming will the i3 be as good as the p4 I have in all ways ?
Thanks for your help
Ginger

 

[stulid]

To put it bluntly a P4 was/is crap, a i3 will be a huge jump forward.

this might be the closest comparision - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/92?vs=143

 

[Rizo-UK]

No contest.

i3 owns

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[deathbyginger]

that was quick thank you puts my mind at rest
thanks again ginger

 

[ATIorNvidia]

The i3 will utterly steamroll a P4.

 

[233]

considering its 2 full generations of development ahead i would say you've won a watch with that claim

 

[jamiehavok]

actually if your using it for gaming as you say it depends, i just looked up the xps 600 and it looks like the gfx card choices they put in that system were quite good for the time of release (looks like you might have 7800 gtx sli in you current system?)and are probably still capable of running modern games at a decent framerate, so if they are replacing it with an i3 with integrated gfx then it will probabgly be worse for gaming than the system you have now. (though better at encoding dvds etc) i'd check what gfx card is in the i3 system before accepting it.

 

[Atom]

actually if your using it for gaming as you say it depends, i just looked up the xps 600 and it looks like the gfx card choices they put in that system were quite good for the time of release and are probably still capable of running modern games at a decent framerate, so if they are replacing it with an i3 with integrated gfx then it will probabgly be worse for gaming than the system you have now. (though better at encoding dvds etc) i'd check what gfx card is in the i3 system before accepting it.

The i3 will urinate all over the p4..

 

[jamiehavok]

The i3 will urinate all over the p4..

not if the i3 is running integrated gfx and the petium d is running 7800 gtx sli it wont - not for gaming anyway.

took out link because it might break rules...

even if he took the 2 6800 sli option that still just about meets min requirements for modern games, an i3 with integrated gfx wont.

 

[Dave0w]

that's like racing a slug and a my GSXR, take the i3 and say thank you lol

 

[M1k3H]

just make sure there's a decent card in it.

 

[jamesfreddie]

The I3 is much better

 

[milkinc13]

i3 will pawn the P4 as said, just make sure that the graphics are upto in and the insurance aren't using an onboard/low card