How fast is it really?

[desilew]

I have read alot of articles on the architicure of the Core 2 Duo processors but I don't want to overclock mine if I choose to buy. I'm pretty old school and I am use to seeing numbers like 3.0 Ghz but these things like the E6400 are 2.1 Ghz so is it really faster than my P4 3.2 Ghz Northwood?

Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
System Name P4C800E
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~3198 Mhz
Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB

Thanks

 

[brikis98]

way way faster. check out the CPU charts here. The E6400 will destroy your 3.2Ghz Northwood in any single core task, let alone anything multithreaded.

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: desilew
I have read alot of articles on the architicure of the Core 2 Duo processors but I don't want to overclock mine if I choose to buy. I'm pretty old school and I am use to seeing numbers like 3.0 Ghz but these things like the E6400 are 2.1 Ghz so is it really faster than my P4 3.2 Ghz Northwood?

Yes. If it helps, the E6400 outperforms every Pentium 4, every Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, every Pentium D, and every Pentium Extreme Edition that Intel has ever made at most tasks.

Review, review with E6400, loads more.

 

[brikis98]

Originally posted by: Aluvus

Originally posted by: desilew
I have read alot of articles on the architicure of the Core 2 Duo processors but I don't want to overclock mine if I choose to buy. I'm pretty old school and I am use to seeing numbers like 3.0 Ghz but these things like the E6400 are 2.1 Ghz so is it really faster than my P4 3.2 Ghz Northwood?

Yes. If it helps, the E6400 outperforms every Pentium 4, every Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, every Pentium D, and every Pentium Extreme Edition that Intel has ever made.

Review, review with E6400, loads more.

not to mention every AMD chip with the occasional exception of the FX-62, which costs twice as much and is only slightly ahead in single threaded applications...

 

[Gautama2]

Originally posted by: brikis98

Originally posted by: Aluvus

Originally posted by: desilew
I have read alot of articles on the architicure of the Core 2 Duo processors but I don't want to overclock mine if I choose to buy. I'm pretty old school and I am use to seeing numbers like 3.0 Ghz but these things like the E6400 are 2.1 Ghz so is it really faster than my P4 3.2 Ghz Northwood?

Yes. If it helps, the E6400 outperforms every Pentium 4, every Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, every Pentium D, and every Pentium Extreme Edition that Intel has ever made.

Review, review with E6400, loads more.

not to mention every AMD chip with the occasional exception of the FX-62, which costs twice as much and is only slightly ahead in single threaded applications...

Umm no, a stock x2 3800+ is about on par with a stock e6300.

 

[Baked]

E6400 represent!

 

[Rubycon]

Yes it is faster.

Heck I can see the difference between the E6600 and FX60. The 6600 is o/c to 3.6G and the FX60 3.0G. Raytracing on the E6600 wins hands down. (Even at 2.4G - stock it was faster)

 

[pkme2]

Very good links. Saved a lot of time. Rght to the point.

 

[desilew]

Thanks for the response I will wait to see if memory prices come down a little and then dive in.

 

[151528]

Good idea, prices of RAM are robbery atm

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: Gautama2

Originally posted by: brikis98

Originally posted by: Aluvus

Originally posted by: desilew
I have read alot of articles on the architicure of the Core 2 Duo processors but I don't want to overclock mine if I choose to buy. I'm pretty old school and I am use to seeing numbers like 3.0 Ghz but these things like the E6400 are 2.1 Ghz so is it really faster than my P4 3.2 Ghz Northwood?

Yes. If it helps, the E6400 outperforms every Pentium 4, every Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, every Pentium D, and every Pentium Extreme Edition that Intel has ever made.

Review, review with E6400, loads more.

not to mention every AMD chip with the occasional exception of the FX-62, which costs twice as much and is only slightly ahead in single threaded applications...

Umm no, a stock x2 3800+ is about on par with a stock e6300.

Umm no, thats total bullcrap

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: 151528
Good idea, prices of RAM are robbery atm

Haha I read that as "You have to rob an ATM to buy ram".

:laugh:

 

[brikis98]

Originally posted by: Soviet

Originally posted by: Gautama2

Originally posted by: brikis98

Originally posted by: Aluvus

Originally posted by: desilew
I have read alot of articles on the architicure of the Core 2 Duo processors but I don't want to overclock mine if I choose to buy. I'm pretty old school and I am use to seeing numbers like 3.0 Ghz but these things like the E6400 are 2.1 Ghz so is it really faster than my P4 3.2 Ghz Northwood?

Yes. If it helps, the E6400 outperforms every Pentium 4, every Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, every Pentium D, and every Pentium Extreme Edition that Intel has ever made.

Review, review with E6400, loads more.

not to mention every AMD chip with the occasional exception of the FX-62, which costs twice as much and is only slightly ahead in single threaded applications...

Umm no, a stock x2 3800+ is about on par with a stock e6300.

Umm no, thats total bullcrap

not to mention that we were discussing the E6400...

 

[Evilhomer99]

It's really weird after so many years of AMD being the proverbial Shiz, seeing so many people back intel. I have c2d now, and I'm with it, but it's still weird.

 

[Kwint Sommer]

Originally posted by: Evilhomer99
It's really weird after so many years of AMD being the proverbial Shiz, seeing so many people back intel. I have c2d now, and I'm with it, but it's still weird.

Not everyone abandoned Intel, the Prescott may have run hot and using air cooling shown almost no advantages over the Northwood despite a die-shrink but when I took mine below -50C, wow! There is just something sexy about a chip that will run 24/7 at 5+ GHz even if it was single cored and less effective per GHz...
That said I'm now using Core 2 Duo as well, it may not hit crazy speeds but it can perform.