I'm old school help

[movingtables]

Ok pretty simple question.

I know these new intel cpu's do more work per cycle but ....

my old PC has a pentium4 3.4gig.

a new pc im looking into has a core2 duo 2.4gig

so is this core2 duo really gonna be much faster than my P4 3.4 gig ?

I just don't beleive it lol !!

 

[Cob]

Get with the times dude

The P4's were really inefficient.

The C2D's are really efficient.

 

[movingtables]

Get with the times dude

The P4's were really inefficient.

The C2D's are really efficient.

ok i will try

so will a core2 duo 2.4 out perferm a P4 3.4 ?
will i notice a difference in say encoding dvd files ?

 

[Cob]

You certainly will see a difference.

And then you'll start overclocking it...

 

[Munky1080]

You're looking at close to 2x the performance if you overclock it; and these C2D's are easy to overclock. I've never OC'ed a system in my life, but these are so easy. Have fun man

 

[snowdog]

Msssive difference man, just check out some benchy's, the core 2 duo is approx the speed of a pentium D @ double the clockspeed, so basicly, an e6600 would be as fast as 2 pentium 4's @ 4.8 ghz ( or 1 pentium D @ 4.8 ghz).

So, unless that p4 is running on 6 ghz or more, the change is going to be massive.

 

[Mattus]

A C2D 6600 will rape a P4 in encoding, it'll be at least twice as fast.

 

[steve258]

so is this core2 duo really gonna be much faster than my P4 3.4 gig ?

See for yourself

The difference is night and day.

 

[movingtables]

Thanks for the reply's guys.
Im convinced

now vista or not...........

 

[Kojak]

Excellent thread gents. Just the information I was looking for as I'm pretty much in the same boat owning a lowly Pentium D 805.

 

[Cotti]

Yes likewise with a P4 northwood but my quad will be over 3 times as fast apparently.....