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Core 2 Duo v Dual Core
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A P4 Dual core is simply two p4 cores slapped together, better than a P4 at multitasking, but performance increase isn't anything to shout about.
Core 2 Duo is a total redesign from the ground up based around two cores. It does far more work per clock cycle (i.e. the 1.8ghz Core 2 Duo is far more powerful than a 4ghz P4 Dual) and can be overclocked to 3ghz plus in most cases! They also demolish AMD's dual core offerings to date so they're the best chips to go for!
Core 2 Duo is a total redesign from the ground up based around two cores. It does far more work per clock cycle (i.e. the 1.8ghz Core 2 Duo is far more powerful than a 4ghz P4 Dual) and can be overclocked to 3ghz plus in most cases! They also demolish AMD's dual core offerings to date so they're the best chips to go for!
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core 2 duo will overclock to about 3.4 - 3.6 ghz and a core 2 duo at a speed of 2 ghz will beat a p4 at a speed of 2.5ghz, so not only does it overclock better, the clock for clock speed is better therefore a 3.4ghz core 2 duo would be equivalent to a 5.5ghz p4
note very rough estimates used but you get the point, core 2 duo destroys all other chips out at the moment
note very rough estimates used but you get the point, core 2 duo destroys all other chips out at the moment
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wiggyuk said:
All sorts of things.
Basically Intel's P4 design hit a brick wall and they went back and redesigned based on a p3 (i think).
If it's advice you want, the c2d is currently the best thing around (whatever version you buy). I just built a conservatively clocked C2D for a mate, and the e6300 went from the 1.83Ghz to 2.6ish Ghz with no real effort ( I just wound up the FSB). If I could justify it I would go c2d, but i still have a 170 opteron to put together and clock...
In some benchmarks, a 1.83Ghz E6300 can actually outperform the former intel flagship P4 Extreme Edition dual core running at 3.73ghz!. Sure at those extremes the P4 didnt lose 'every' test, but it seems that the Conroe did much better at 'real world' tests, while the P4 did better in synthetic benchmarks, and memory bandwidth/latency tests.
At 1.83Ghz the E6300 core 2 duo beat the P4 3.73 extreme in every gaming type benchmark!
Basically Core 2's are awesome, and they clock pretty easily too. My E6700 (2.67hz) runs at 3.1Ghz at stock voltage (1.2v set by VID), yet Core 2's is guaranteed to handle 1.35V, so if I want more speed I can still increase my cpu's voltage and get even more out of it
Truth is, I run it at stock, as nothing I use my PC is really affected the chip is 'that' fast at 2.67. Perhaps when I upgrade the Geforce 7900GTX then I'll need to clock up the cpu a bit more.
At 1.83Ghz the E6300 core 2 duo beat the P4 3.73 extreme in every gaming type benchmark!
Basically Core 2's are awesome, and they clock pretty easily too. My E6700 (2.67hz) runs at 3.1Ghz at stock voltage (1.2v set by VID), yet Core 2's is guaranteed to handle 1.35V, so if I want more speed I can still increase my cpu's voltage and get even more out of it
Truth is, I run it at stock, as nothing I use my PC is really affected the chip is 'that' fast at 2.67
. Perhaps when I upgrade the Geforce 7900GTX then I'll need to clock up the cpu a bit more.