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Good cpu performance or bad

snowdog

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Basicly as title says.

I've upgraded my p4 to a pentium D 925 and OC-ed it to 4 ghz like my old cpu was, and wanted to ask how there performance is of it.
Got the cpu for 40 quid btw.

3dmark06 (just look at cpu score ignore my poor 6800gs 3dmark score :D )

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=1442761

pcmark04:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm04=3323172

So basicly are these good scores, also to what core 2 duo or x2 amd does this compare, i've only checked 06 cpu score and my cpu score seems same as that of an E6400 core 2 duo @ stock, however unsure if this is correct, i mean aren't core 2 duo's supposed to be faster?
 
@3.6ghz igot 3090 with my E6600 C2D

cpu marks

4453 with my quad @ 3ghz

cpu marks

So for a PD I would say that your cpu score is about right.
 
P4D @ 4Ghz is more or less the same as a 2Ghz Core2 duo, which would tally up with your observation of the E6400 which is 2.13Ghz.

You dont think Core 2 Duo's fast enough? Its able to keep up with P4D's running 100% higher clockrate, while using 1/3 of the energy? And just as you can overclock the P4D, the Core 2 Duo's even easier. **

Thing is it does depend on your application, in some games a 1.83Ghz Core2 is faster than your 4Ghz P4, but there are other applications where the P4D would beat it.

On average though, take a Core 2 Duo, and double its' clockrate, and thats what clock you would need on a P4D to equal it. I think thats pretty fast.

My chip does 3.1Ghz or so on air, at 1.2V!, the P4D would need to be around 6Ghz to keep up.

** Core 2 Duo@ 2Ghz < 65W, while a P4D@4Ghz could easily be using 150W of power.
 
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Corasik said:
P4D @ 4Ghz is more or less the same as a 2Ghz Core2 duo, which would tally up with your observation of the E6400 which is 2.13Ghz.

You dont think Core 2 Duo's fast enough? Its able to keep up with P4D's running 100% higher clockrate, while using 1/3 of the energy? And just as you can overclock the P4D, the Core 2 Duo's even easier. **

Thing is it does depend on your application, in some games a 1.83Ghz Core2 is faster than your 4Ghz P4, but there are other applications where the P4D would beat it.

On average though, take a Core 2 Duo, and double its' clockrate, and thats what clock you would need on a P4D to equal it. I think thats pretty fast.

My chip does 3.1Ghz or so on air, at 1.2V!, the P4D would need to be around 6Ghz to keep up.

** Core 2 Duo@ 2Ghz < 65W, while a P4D@4Ghz could easily be using 150W of power.
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Don't really care about power usage, parents pay for that.
Core 2 duo costs 90 quid
my pentium 40
Core 2 duo is 35% ish faster, while 120% ish more expensive, besides I dont have a mainboard that supports it , wich would add extra costs, after selling my old cpu this only costed me 10 quid the upgrade, with a core 2 duo it'd be a lot more expensive, I'd reather put the money i saved towards a 8800GTS (points at my crappy gfx card in sig).

Oh and dont exgaggerate about power usage, i have a 65nm one , wich uses 97 watts @ stock, with a 30% oc i dont expect it to use more as 125 watts.
Where did u get the 1/3th power usage of a pent D from for core 2 duo's, core 2 duo: 65watts, pentium D 97 watts ?

I completly agree a core 2 duo is faster by a lot and clocks way easier, but i dont have the money for it not the mainboard for it nor the ram (crappy pc3200 ram), if my mainboard would be rev2.0 I wouldnt even consider P D but just get a 4300, but i couldn't be bothered spending more than 90 quid in total on an upgrade, for now, as i needed a new gfx more than a new cpu, just happenned to coem across a 40 quid cpu...
 
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Same card and cpu as you mentioned, so for comparison here is mine:

http://service.futuremark.com/orb/resultanalyzer.jsp?projectType=14&XLID=0&UID=8464554

3DMark Score 3053 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 1164 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 1052 Marks
CPU Score 2911 Marks

Your pretty much right, but compared to other new cpu releases conroe is pretty amazing and not bad value at all. Its much more convincing then previous releases but it's wasted unless you needed more cpu, for games that just means RTS
 
cant wait til i get conroe lol.

Still waiting for the price cuts though.

My 8800GTX was shipped today :)

My evga 680i tracking number tells me that it is now in shannon and the company are now waiting for enough orders so they can make it worth their while to travel to kerry. :(


Oh well.
 
Sounds like bull, only a 805 would ever come close to that

Im interested in how your computer shapes up with this expensive new gfx. Ive heard the cpu is needed a lot for very high res so I wonder how it will cope, what size screen do you have.


lol nice sig
 
silversurfer said:
Sounds like bull, only a 805 would ever come close to that

Im interested in how your computer shapes up with this expensive new gfx. Ive heard the cpu is needed a lot for very high res so I wonder how it will cope, what size screen do you have.


lol nice sig
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If you are talking about my sig, thanks :D

I have purchased a eVGA 680i, 8800GTX and am looking @ the ram. I am currently Running a Dell 2407WFP Rev A04.

I thought the higher the resolution the more graphically demanding it becomes and less CPU consuming. :confused:

Will be posting a thread with lots of pics when the GTX comes. (Parcelforce are tracking it atm. It has reached Ireland and is being delivered down. Will still take another 3-4 days.) Look out for the thread where I will bare all :rolleyes: :eek:

:D
 
silversurfer said:
Sounds like bull, only a 805 would ever come close to that

Im interested in how your computer shapes up with this expensive new gfx. Ive heard the cpu is needed a lot for very high res so I wonder how it will cope, what size screen do you have.


lol nice sig
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doubt he needs a faster cpu for high rez stuff. if i play test drive unlimited at 1600x1200 with AA on, im sure im gonna get far more performance from a gfx card upgrade rather than a cpu upgrade.
 
tommy_knockers said:
cant wait til i get conroe lol.

Still waiting for the price cuts though.

My 8800GTX was shipped today :)

My evga 680i tracking number tells me that it is now in shannon and the company are now waiting for enough orders so they can make it worth their while to travel to kerry. :(


Oh well.
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What bit of Kerry, my missus come's from there, she is flying to shannon on Friday, I'll tell her to pick it up and bring it down, lol... :D
 
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