I need a little help understanding the BIG differences other than raw CPU speed on the aforementioned processors. I'm only concerned with socket 775 processors in this comparison. I'm mainly interested in gaming performance and I realize other components will have some effect so let's set some knowns.
ECS PT890T-A mobo that will support 1066 FSB
At least 1 Gb of DDR2 RAM
nvidia 8600GT PCI-e graphics card
Let's take a:
P4 3.0 Ghz (530J) 1 Mb cache versus a
Pentium E2160 Processor - 1.80GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB, Allendale, Dual Core versus a
Pentium D 920 Processor - 2.80GHz, 4MB Cache, 800MHz FSB, Presler dual core versus a
Core 2 Duo E6550 Processor - 2.33GHz, 4MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB, Conroe
Is the Core 2 Duo the hands down winner here or will the others, which are considerably less expensive be that far behind in performance.
What is the difference between the "dual core" vs the "core 2 duo" processors?
Thank you for any insightful, realistic replies.
gdb 'aka' dabassman
ECS PT890T-A mobo that will support 1066 FSB
At least 1 Gb of DDR2 RAM
nvidia 8600GT PCI-e graphics card
Let's take a:
P4 3.0 Ghz (530J) 1 Mb cache versus a
Pentium E2160 Processor - 1.80GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB, Allendale, Dual Core versus a
Pentium D 920 Processor - 2.80GHz, 4MB Cache, 800MHz FSB, Presler dual core versus a
Core 2 Duo E6550 Processor - 2.33GHz, 4MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB, Conroe
Is the Core 2 Duo the hands down winner here or will the others, which are considerably less expensive be that far behind in performance.
What is the difference between the "dual core" vs the "core 2 duo" processors?
Thank you for any insightful, realistic replies.
gdb 'aka' dabassman