Pentium D question

[honsbeekgmail]

Hi ,

I see Pentium D Smithfield for 340 USD and
I see Pentium 4 640 Prescott for 230 USD

What is the exact difference between these processors phically and performance-wise. Will they run on the same board , or do they both require different boards...

Thank you
Ralph

 

[Rugger]

Where do you see it?

Pentium D's are multi-core and the Pentium 4's are not. Performance advantages between the chips will depend on system utilization.

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[honsbeekgmail]

What do you mean by system utilization,

By the way i'm in Korea, the prices are here like i Mentioned before... ALSO , does anyone know when the Dual Core with Hyper Threading will come out ???

 

[Guest]

Dual core with HT is already out its called a 840EE...
system utilisation: heavy multitasking, the Pentium D is a wiser choice...If you mainly use one CPU intensive application at the time, th 6xx will suit you just fine and will be faster in games!

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[Rugger]

DingDingDing - Labbbbbbby hit the nail on the head.

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[honsbeekgmail]

I do multitask a lot with my comp ,
When can we expect the cheaper 820 and 830 with HT ???
How to find out ???

thank you
Again

 

[Rugger]

I wouldn't expect the lower tier Intel DC CPUs to get HT. Even with HT, the 840EE barely beats the top AMD DC.

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Even with HT, the 840EE barely beats the top AMD DC.

Not. If you set up everything for the Intel system (including 4 threads) the Intel can almost catch the Amd. Under normal loads, the EE is not even in the race.