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| This may seem extremely n00besque, bear with me :P I've asked before whether a 3GHz DC would be better than a SC of the same clock speed, but would a DC running at 2.5GHz be faster than a SC running at 3GHz? Would a DC double 2.5GHz to 5GHz? |
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| Yep thats right. Its doubled. Or Quadrupled if you get a quad core. A lot of the core 2 duos at the moment you will find rated a lot lower than some of the old pentiums also. This doesnt mean they're slower. A 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo will well out perform a 3Ghz Dual Core Pentium. Its not just about the frequency but the architechture of the chip. Thats also why Core 2 Duos own AMD x64s at the moment, although they maybe rated higher in GHz the Core 2 is more effiecient and will run faster. |
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You are correct about the architecture though. A C2D simply works better than a P4, that's how it's designed, and clock speed differences won't matter nearly as much. You can also overclock C2Ds to well beyond P4 speeds.
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| Okk, yeahh my bad. I think what i was getting at was that it is a similar effect to having two processors working at similar clock speeds. Although these cannont always be put to good effect. Didnt really think before i answered that question. |
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| @ Carbon You're half right. You can use software to force-mount other CPU-demanding software onto both cores; whereas Windows XP/Vista is set to devide the tasks between the two cores. So your half right, and so is Macmac. =P |
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| Using two cores for separate tasks != the same clock speed for both cores. Total mhz is a product of the fsb and that's independent of how many cores you have. Really, clock speed should be generally ignored in this case.
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| I agree. My shit-ass 4200+ is going to explode. (2.2GHz increased to 3GHz) =D |
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