Now I may be getting a bit carried away, but I love building computers!
I wanted to compare the Pentium D with my AMD X2. Now I know it is really not a "TRUE" comparison by many factors, (I wanted the 2.8 Pent D however I really had to watch spending, ($220, or $150???) but then it would have an 800Mhz FSB to compare with my X2, still it can be compared in some respect) And, since Evga had a good deal on a 6800GS OC SE/Evga P4 MB COMBO... I couldn't resist. I actually only payed $80 for the board... And I am impressed with it! It has some very nice physical features and the BIOS is very extensive!
I hate to say it, but I have had a lot of trouble with System I, and I think most of it is directly related to the ASUS board. I actually paid $175 for it. I won't go into great detail, but I have an occasional lock up on that system, that I do not experience with any other computer I own. I also have 2 Laptops and my roommate has a dell desktop, my girlfriend has a Compaq desktop, (I forgive her everyday)
, and I have never had one lock up like that ASUS board. I have switched processors with my Gigabyte board even just to test, and I have noticed there seems to be some kind of instability sometimes .
Now one thing I noticed... Getting back to the PENTIUM D. (I have only had it for 2 days so far),
I put NFS Hot Pursuit 2 on both My X2 system and my Pentium D system, and during take off's, my X2 system is much faster loading.
I am very impressed so far with the Pentium D's performance, and who would have ever thought I could OC it to 2.93Ghz by increasing the FSB by only 10%. Or am I just crazy???
I cannot OC my ASUS board with the X2 more than 20% without errors, and even then I am not so sure it is totally foolproof
And that is probably putting it mildly, because look who is operating it