Re: CPU speed comparison

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The way he described the core duo processor wasn't completely correct. He
was correct that it is two 1.8 ghz processors, but that definitely does not
equal 3.72 ghz. What the dual core processors have brought to the table is
multitasking for the computer. As an example that I used when explaining is
when you burn a cd. CD burning is a processor hog and as such, when you burn
a CD with a single processor such as a pentium 4, its using up a lot of the
computers resources along with any other programs you may be running at the
same time, where as with a dual core processor you have a whole different
processor available for other programs to run. Also other things that have
improved over the P4 to the Core 2 Duo processor is the bus speed which
transfers information between the ram and the processor. Overall, a core 2
duo operating at 1.8 will outperform any pentium 4 processor. Even a Core 2
Duo processor operating a 2.4 will be much better than a pentium 4 at 2.4.
As far as a quad goes, it all depends on what kind of program and how many
programs you would be running at any given point on whether you will get the
full benefit of having 4 processors.
Hope this helps,
-kenkcj

"James D" <newsgroopie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I know a little about computers but since all this Duo Core Quad Core stuff
came about it seems as though Intell doesn't base their chips on speed
anymore.

I'm looking at another prebuilt system. My question is, how does a Intel®
CoreT 2 Quad Processor Q6600 2.40GHz compare to a P4 2.40GHz speed wise?

Last time I bought a pre-built system, the sales guy told me the Duo core
(which was a 1.8 GHZ) was actually "two" 1.86's which equaled out to a
3.72 GHz processor. I later found out that was not true, but with one gig
of ram, it still ran slow and now I am confused as to what to upgrade my
system to.

Any thoughts?



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