Conroe v my old P4?

[Curio]

I haven't kept up with the CPU world for a while now, but may be looking to upgrade within the next few months. I currently have a P4 Northwood running at 3.0GHz. How much faster will an entry level Conroe system be? Can anybody point me to some comparison charts or anything?

Thanks

 

[Raikiri]

The E6300 is about the same as my Pentium D 805 @ 3.8ghz. Probably faster in games and can be OCed loads.

 

[Bizarre]

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=433&model2=450&chart=165

 

[payingattention]

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=433&model2=450&chart=165

Doesn't show any Northwoods

 

[wizardmaxx]

Depending on system setup the Northwood is clock for clock faster, in general, than the Prescott. A good indication would probably be the Allendale 6400 vs Prescott 530.

 

[Socaddict]

Look at it like this. In a decent set up, an E6300 is definitely able to do 3GHz stabl on stock volts.

So compare the 3.0GHz C2D to the 3.0GHz PIV. What wins?

 

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A 2.4ghz conroe will easily beat the AMD top of the line FX-62. Even with the high L2 cache of the conroe, an E6300/E6400 (allendale) @ 2.6Ghz will walk all over the FX-62 !!!!