As above really, with the prices of the Intel Dual Core Pentiums on the fall, I got myself a D940 a couple of days ago, and thought I'd share a couple of points.
At stock, the 940 did 1M super PI only about 10 secs quicker than my 805 at 3.1Ghz (the fastest I could get it to run on my mobo stable).
I've only done some basic overclocking at the moment, but the 940 is running fine at 3.7ghz already.
The most noticeable thing though, is how much cooler the 940 runs compared to the 805. My 805 used to get to about 55C under load, but the 940 has peaked at 35C. I know it should be cooler as it uses the 65nm process, but I was surprised by how much!
My 805 is going into a Linux machine I'm building now, and it's still a great little chip, but for the last of the netburst chips, the 9 series aren't bad really.
At stock, the 940 did 1M super PI only about 10 secs quicker than my 805 at 3.1Ghz (the fastest I could get it to run on my mobo stable).
I've only done some basic overclocking at the moment, but the 940 is running fine at 3.7ghz already.
The most noticeable thing though, is how much cooler the 940 runs compared to the 805. My 805 used to get to about 55C under load, but the 940 has peaked at 35C. I know it should be cooler as it uses the 65nm process, but I was surprised by how much!
My 805 is going into a Linux machine I'm building now, and it's still a great little chip, but for the last of the netburst chips, the 9 series aren't bad really.