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Intel Pentium D 945 Presler 3.4GHz vs. Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz

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se7ensorrows   07-26-2009 at 03:27:26 AM

I know these are kind of older cores but I have no knowledge on processors. I originally had the core 2 I'm my system, but then I bought my parents a computer and it came with a Pentium d. I saw that it both was duel core and I saw the Pentium d had higher GHz and switched them out. But from what I here in these forums the core 2 is better. Which one is better and should I switch them both out again?

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shrex   07-26-2009 at 03:40:28 AM
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core 2 is roughly twice as fast as a pentium d, so a pentium d would have to be 4.8GHz to match the 2.4GHz core 2 duo

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Paranoidmage   07-26-2009 at 05:23:07 AM
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Switch it back. The Core 2 Duo is way better.

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Bluescreendeath   07-26-2009 at 05:34:18 AM
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I find it strange that a person who knows how to swap out a processor doesn't know that a Core2 is better than a Pentium D...

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PsychoSaysDie   07-26-2009 at 05:35:30 AM
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People see the high clock speed and automatically assume its better.

Let me just say that a 3.8Ghz Pentium D is much snappier then a 2.4Ghz C2D

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Bronze CPUs badge cjl   07-26-2009 at 05:43:23 AM
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You sure you didn't swap those accidentally Psycho? The Core 2 Duo should win every time.

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jaydeejohn   07-26-2009 at 05:50:58 AM
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I dunno, I think those P-Ds wer hawt

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englandr753   07-26-2009 at 05:52:33 AM
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I had a pentium d 940 and I can attest that the core 2 duo is far better of a processor no matter how high you oc the pentium d. No contest. Period...

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Paranoidmage   07-26-2009 at 06:01:47 AM
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PsychoSaysDie wrote :

People see the high clock speed and automatically assume its better.

Let me just say that a 3.8Ghz Pentium D is much snappier then a 2.4Ghz C2D



That 3.8GHz Pentium D will also cook food better than your oven will. Try to OC the Conroe and see who wins.

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jitpublisher   07-26-2009 at 04:14:26 PM
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Heh, heh, heh. Even an AMD 4200X2 is faster than that Pentuim D.
I thought that the Pentium D's made great popcorn.

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PsychoSaysDie   07-26-2009 at 04:28:32 PM
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Paranoidmage wrote :

That 3.8GHz Pentium D will also cook food better than your oven will. Try to OC the Conroe and see who wins.




I was talking stock clocks. I know how well the C2D can overclock

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englandr753   07-27-2009 at 07:16:38 AM
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You can do whatever you want with the pentium d, it wont touch the c2d in any shape, form or fashion.

Butter anyone for your pentium d popcorn maker?

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Bronze CPUs badge cjl   07-27-2009 at 08:11:24 AM
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PsychoSaysDie wrote :

I was talking stock clocks. I know how well the C2D can overclock


Really? Most of the benchmarks I've seen show the 2.4GHz Core beating even the really highly clocked PDs.

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