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Yes, I know that the architecture is like eight years old by now. But it has really stood the test of time.
I have a Netbook with an AMD C-60 in it, and a HTPC with a C-70 in it, and they are just Waaaay too slow for my liking. Newest version of Skype now uses 100% of CPU time on the C-70, and the person on the other end reports that my voice breaks up. Previous versions of Skype ran at 85% CPU time, and at least the convo was clear.
I haven't tried Skype on it, but I recently unboxed an HP / Compaq DX7400 refurb, with an E6550 2.33Ghz C2D with 4MB L2, and just web browsing, it was sooo smooth, compared to the C-70. Even with half the RAM, and a HDD rather than an SSD.
I really missed my Core2 era CPUs, compared to all of these power-saving backwards-performance-looking crap chips, like the C-60 and C-70, and I suppose the 1.0Ghz dual-core Kabini too. (Atoms too, although I haven't really had a chance to try a new 22nm OoO Atom dual-core yet.)
Even my Ivy Bridge Celeron 1007U 1.5Ghz dual-core that I'm typing this on (with SSD), feels slightly slower than that 2.33Ghz 65nm C2D CPU.
So long-live C2D, and I hope that chips get faster, and not slower.
I have a Netbook with an AMD C-60 in it, and a HTPC with a C-70 in it, and they are just Waaaay too slow for my liking. Newest version of Skype now uses 100% of CPU time on the C-70, and the person on the other end reports that my voice breaks up. Previous versions of Skype ran at 85% CPU time, and at least the convo was clear.
I haven't tried Skype on it, but I recently unboxed an HP / Compaq DX7400 refurb, with an E6550 2.33Ghz C2D with 4MB L2, and just web browsing, it was sooo smooth, compared to the C-70. Even with half the RAM, and a HDD rather than an SSD.
I really missed my Core2 era CPUs, compared to all of these power-saving backwards-performance-looking crap chips, like the C-60 and C-70, and I suppose the 1.0Ghz dual-core Kabini too. (Atoms too, although I haven't really had a chance to try a new 22nm OoO Atom dual-core yet.)
Even my Ivy Bridge Celeron 1007U 1.5Ghz dual-core that I'm typing this on (with SSD), feels slightly slower than that 2.33Ghz 65nm C2D CPU.
So long-live C2D, and I hope that chips get faster, and not slower.