Old P4 vs New Q6600...no difference in speed or performance

neo36uk

neo36uk

neo36uk

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Hello folks

I have just ditched my old p4 3.2ghz for a new Intel Q6600, I was under the Impression I was going to see a huge difference in performance but so far there is very little. The Q6600 is 2.4 but I have manages to set it to 3.01 (any faster and my system crashes)

Any idea what I should do to improve my performance? I have read the overclocking guide on this forum but still stuck. I have been told it maybe my ram that needs setting but I don’t know what I am messing with when it come to the ram timings etc

My speck is:
Abit IP35-Pro.
2Gig Crucial Ballistix (2x1Gig) in dual channel mode.
Intel Q6600 (1066fsb version)

Hope someone can help
 
Sorry, I forgot to mention the performance issues.

1, Well, ok, there is no difference what so ever in boot up time, the old p4 was taking about 3/4mins to fully load, that is the same with the new Q6600

2, My system is now turning off slightly faster but not much difference there either.

3, Also, once my system has loaded the harddrive activity seems to go an and on, some times this is worse than other boot ups

4, when I double click to load a program there is sometimes a 2/3 second delay to start loading…this was the same as the old P4

5, (the good news) The only thing I am impressed with is now when I run cubase sx3 I hardly see any cpu activity, on the old P4 it was quite high, so that is loads better.

I am going to get me the overclocking book, they use the same speck as mine except the ram make is different but the same speed PC2 8500
 
Thanks for the reply:)

My first hardrive, (which is plugged into SATA Port 1 on the mobo) is this one
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS)

My second drive in SATA port 2 is this one
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS)

Both drives are now defragmented

The reason I have 2 different makes is because I originally bought the Western digital, but I thought it was way to noisy, so I went out and got the Seagate which in my opinion is loads quieter
 
Setting up the memory is completely new to me, I have only just figured out how to overclock the cpu, what should I set it to?

I have Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500

Cheers
 
Thanks for all the info there guys, it's very much appreciated.

I should confess that when I installed the new Q6600 I did not do a fresh install of XP Pro, I just removed the old P4 and replaced it with the Q6600 and rebooted windows. No difference in speed what so ever, surely it should a slightly faster even by doing it this way!

I will have to do a reformat...but am I doing it right?
What I mean is I have a 500gig SATA2 Seagate HD, at the moment I am using the entire drive for windows/program files/docs/pictures etc.

do you think I should partition the drive? My idea is set up one 10gig partition (C drive) just for Windows, then say 200gig for program files (D drive) and possibly 200 gig for video etc (E drive)

the above is just an idea, just have a feeling it would run much better like that

as for setting up my memory timing I am not sure what I am messing with there, I am scared of blowing something, I am totally now to overcooking ram but any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks again folks:)
 
Hi

I was thinking about Raid but not sure exactly what it is, or how to set it up. Does Raid double the speed of the hd? Its something I have never tried, this is probs because I have never had a Raid mobo b4. Should you have 2x identical drives to use it?

Sorry to sound like a newb but there you go lol
 
i'm going to get the oc overclocking book, the componants in the book are the same as mine except the make of Ram, although it is the same speed (PC2-8500) so it should be the same i suppose.

i aint got much of a clue about this overclocking, this is the best step to make 4 newbees like myself
 
probs going to stick with XP Pro for now, i do lots of video and audio editing, from my experience XP is best for this at the moment anyway...
 
There is a slight improvement in my load up times now, the Q6600 seems to have settled in, I have also installed Diskkeeper, that has improved it slightly. I'm sure if I did a reformat though It would be loads better, I was thinking about doing raid0 but not sure how to do it!

As for the Q6600, it really shines when I run my Cubase SX3 sequencing software. When I had the P4 installed the CPU activity was quire high due to the complexity of my tracks, now though with the Q6600 there is hardly any CPU activity, it runs it no problem, also the same in FLStudio, CPU activity is well low now.
 
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